Tex. Health and Safety Code § 87.022
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 87.022, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 87.022. DATA COLLECTION.
Official statutory text
(a) To ensure an accurate source of data necessary to investigate the incidence, prevalence, and trends of birth defects, the executive commissioner may require a health facility, health professional, or midwife to make available for review by the department or by an authorized agent medical records or other information that is in the facility's, professional's, or midwife's custody or control and that relates to the occurrence of a birth defect specified by the executive commissioner.
(b) The executive commissioner by rule shall prescribe the manner in which records and other information are made available to the department.
(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt procedural rules to facilitate cooperation between the health care facility, health professional, or midwife and a department employee or authorized agent, including rules for notice, requests for medical records, times for record reviews, and record management during review.
(b) The executive commissioner by rule shall prescribe the manner in which records and other information are made available to the department.
(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt procedural rules to facilitate cooperation between the health care facility, health professional, or midwife and a department employee or authorized agent, including rules for notice, requests for medical records, times for record reviews, and record management during review.
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