Tex. Health & Safety Code § 12.013 · Subchapter B. POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT
DRIVING AND TRAFFIC POLICIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department shall continuously study and investigate the medical aspects of:
(1) the licensing of drivers;
(2) the enforcement of traffic safety laws, including differentiation between drivers who are ill or intoxicated; and
(3) accident investigation, including examination for alcohol or drugs in the bodies of persons killed in traffic accidents.
(b) Based on the studies and investigations, the department periodically shall recommend to the Department of Public Safety appropriate policies, standards, and procedures relating to those medical aspects.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.12.htm
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