Tex. Health and Safety Code § 84.004
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§ 84.004. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
Official statutory text
(a) The following persons shall report cases or suspected cases of reportable conditions to the department:
(1) a physician who diagnoses or treats the individual with the condition;
(2) a person who is in charge of a clinical or hospital laboratory, blood bank, mobile unit, or other facility in which a laboratory examination of any specimen derived from a human body yields microscopical, cultural, serological, or other evidence suggestive of the condition; and
(3) a health professional.
(b) The department may contact a physician attending a person with a case or a suspected case of an occupational condition.
(c) The executive commissioner shall prescribe the form and method of reporting. The executive commissioner may require the reports to contain any information necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter, including the person's name, address, age, sex, race, occupation, employer, and attending physician.
(1) a physician who diagnoses or treats the individual with the condition;
(2) a person who is in charge of a clinical or hospital laboratory, blood bank, mobile unit, or other facility in which a laboratory examination of any specimen derived from a human body yields microscopical, cultural, serological, or other evidence suggestive of the condition; and
(3) a health professional.
(b) The department may contact a physician attending a person with a case or a suspected case of an occupational condition.
(c) The executive commissioner shall prescribe the form and method of reporting. The executive commissioner may require the reports to contain any information necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter, including the person's name, address, age, sex, race, occupation, employer, and attending physician.
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