Texas Health and Safety Code 84.004 – Reporting Requirements
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(a) The following persons shall report cases or suspected cases of reportable conditions to the department:
(1) a physician who diagnoses or treats the individual with the condition;
(2) a person who is in charge of a clinical or hospital laboratory, blood bank, mobile unit, or other facility in which a laboratory examination of any specimen derived from a human body yields microscopical, cultural, serological, or other evidence suggestive of the condition; and
(3) a health professional.
(b) The department may contact a physician attending a person with a case or a suspected case of an occupational condition.
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 84.004
- 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) The executive commissioner shall prescribe the form and method of reporting. The executive commissioner may require the reports to contain any information necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter, including the person’s name, address, age, sex, race, occupation, employer, and attending physician.