Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.047
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.047, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 81.047. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL REPORTS.
Official statutory text
Subject to the confidentiality requirements of this chapter, the department shall require epidemiological reports of disease outbreaks and of individual cases of disease suspected or known to be of importance to the public health. The department shall evaluate the reports to determine the trends involved and the nature and magnitude of the hazards.
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