Tex. Health and Safety Code § 85.253
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 85.253, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 85.253. PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO HOME TESTING.
Official statutory text
(a) A person may not market, distribute, or sell a product to be used by a member of the public to test a specimen collected from the human body for HIV infection unless the kit complies with Chapter 431.
(b) This section does not apply to a product marketed, distributed, or sold only to physicians or other persons authorized by law to test for HIV infection a specimen collected from the human body.
(c) A person may not require an individual to be tested for HIV infection as provided in Section 81.102.
(b) This section does not apply to a product marketed, distributed, or sold only to physicians or other persons authorized by law to test for HIV infection a specimen collected from the human body.
(c) A person may not require an individual to be tested for HIV infection as provided in Section 81.102.
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