Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 162.006
Disclosure to Other Blood Banks


(a)

A blood bank may report to other blood banks the name of a donor with a possible communicable disease according to positive blood test results.

(b)

A blood bank that reports a donor’s name to other blood banks under this section may not disclose the communicable disease that the donor has or is suspected of having.

(c)

A blood bank that reports as provided by this section does not breach a confidence arising out of any confidential relationship.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0489, eff. April 2, 2015.

Source: Section 162.006 — Disclosure to Other Blood Banks, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­162.­htm#162.­006 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 162.006’s source at texas​.gov