Tex. Health and Safety Code § 85.002
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 85.002, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 85.002. DEFINITIONS.
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In this chapter:
(1) "AIDS" means acquired immune deficiency syndrome as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health Service.
(2) "Communicable disease" has the meaning assigned by Section 81.003.
(3) "Contact tracing" means identifying all persons who may have been exposed to an infected person and notifying them that they have been exposed, should be tested, and should seek treatment.
(4) "HIV" means human immunodeficiency virus.
(5) "State agency" means:
(A) a board, commission, department, office, or other agency that is in the executive branch of state government and that was created by the Texas Constitution or a state statute and includes an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code;
(B) the legislature or a legislative agency; and
(C) the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, the State Bar of Texas, or another state judicial agency.
(6) "Testing program" means a program using a diagnostic test approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration to indicate the presence of HIV.
(1) "AIDS" means acquired immune deficiency syndrome as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health Service.
(2) "Communicable disease" has the meaning assigned by Section 81.003.
(3) "Contact tracing" means identifying all persons who may have been exposed to an infected person and notifying them that they have been exposed, should be tested, and should seek treatment.
(4) "HIV" means human immunodeficiency virus.
(5) "State agency" means:
(A) a board, commission, department, office, or other agency that is in the executive branch of state government and that was created by the Texas Constitution or a state statute and includes an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code;
(B) the legislature or a legislative agency; and
(C) the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, the State Bar of Texas, or another state judicial agency.
(6) "Testing program" means a program using a diagnostic test approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration to indicate the presence of HIV.
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