Tex. Health and Safety Code § 84.003
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 84.003, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 84.003. REPORTABLE CONDITIONS; RULES.
Official statutory text
(a) Asbestosis and silicosis are occupational conditions that are reportable to the department.
(b) Blood lead levels in adults are laboratory findings that are reportable to the department as provided by department rule.
(c) The executive commissioner may adopt rules that require other occupational conditions to be reported under this chapter. Before the executive commissioner requires another occupational condition to be reported, the executive commissioner must find that the condition:
(1) has a well-understood etiology;
(2) results predominantly from occupational exposures; and
(3) is preventable.
(d) The executive commissioner shall maintain a list of reportable conditions.
(e) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to administer and implement this chapter.
(b) Blood lead levels in adults are laboratory findings that are reportable to the department as provided by department rule.
(c) The executive commissioner may adopt rules that require other occupational conditions to be reported under this chapter. Before the executive commissioner requires another occupational condition to be reported, the executive commissioner must find that the condition:
(1) has a well-understood etiology;
(2) results predominantly from occupational exposures; and
(3) is preventable.
(d) The executive commissioner shall maintain a list of reportable conditions.
(e) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to administer and implement this chapter.
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