(a) The department or a health authority may enter at reasonable times and inspect within reasonable limits a public place in the performance of that person‘s duty to prevent or control the entry into or spread in this state of communicable disease by enforcing this chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter.
(b) In this section, “a public place” means all or any portion of an area, building or other structure, or conveyance that is not used for private residential purposes, regardless of ownership.

Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 81.064

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

(c) Evidence gathered during an inspection by the department or health authority under this section may not be used in a criminal proceeding other than a proceeding to assess a criminal penalty under this chapter.

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