Tex.
Health & Safety Code Section 81.042
Persons Required to Report
(a)
A report under Subsection (b), (c), or (d) shall be made to the local health authority.(b)
A dentist or veterinarian licensed to practice in this state or a physician shall report, after the first professional encounter, a patient or animal examined that has or is suspected of having a reportable disease.(c)
A local school authority shall report a child attending school who is suspected of having a reportable disease. The executive commissioner by rule shall establish procedures to determine if a child should be suspected and reported and to exclude the child from school pending appropriate medical diagnosis or recovery.(d)
A person in charge of a clinical or hospital laboratory, blood bank, mobile unit, or other facility in which a laboratory examination of a specimen derived from a human body yields microscopical, cultural, serological, or other evidence of a reportable disease shall report the findings, in accordance with this section and procedures adopted by the executive commissioner, in the jurisdiction in which:(1)
the physician’s office is located, if the laboratory examination was requested by a physician; or(2)
the laboratory is located, if the laboratory examination was not requested by a physician.(e)
The following persons shall report to the local health authority or the department a suspected case of a reportable disease and all information known concerning the person who has or is suspected of having the disease if a report is not made as required by Subsections (a)-(d):(1)
a professional registered nurse;(2)
an administrator or director of a public or private temporary or permanent child-care facility;(3)
an administrator or director of a nursing home, personal care home, adult respite care center, or day activity and health services facility;(4)
an administrator of a home health agency;(5)
an administrator or health official of a public or private institution of higher education;(6)
an owner or manager of a restaurant, dairy, or other food handling or processing establishment or outlet;(7)
a superintendent, manager, or health official of a public or private camp, home, or institution;(8)
a parent, guardian, or householder;(9)
a health professional;(10)
an administrator or health official of a penal or correctional institution; or(11)
emergency medical service personnel, a peace officer, or a firefighter.
Source:
Section 81.042 — Persons Required to Report, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.81.htm#81.042
(accessed Apr. 13, 2024).