Tex. Health & Safety Code § 13.033 · Subchapter B. TEXAS TUBERCULOSIS CODE
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter:
(1) "Legally responsible person" means a parent, guardian, or spouse, or any person whom the laws of this state hold responsible for debts incurred as a result of the hospitalization or treatment of a patient.
(2) "Local health authority" means a practicing physician who acts as:
(A) a municipal or county health authority;
(B) a director of a local health department or public health district; or
(C) a regional director of a public health region.
(3) "Physician" means a person licensed by the Texas Medical Board to practice medicine in this state.
(4) "Political subdivision" includes a county, municipality, or hospital district.
(5) "Public health hospital" means a hospital operated by the department to provide services under this subchapter, including the Texas Center for Infectious Disease.
(6) "Tuberculosis patient" means a person who has any form of tuberculosis in any part of the body.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 263, Sec. 3, eff. May 22, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 650 (H.B. 1850), Sec. 3, eff. June 19, 2009.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0054, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.13.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Health & Safety Code § 13.033. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 403.1066PERMANENT HOSPITAL FUND FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND THE TEXAS CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE.Printed as Section 13.033, Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 411.110ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION: DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES AND HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION.Printed as Section 13.033, Health and Safety Code
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