Tex. Health & Safety Code § 146.014 · Chapter 146. TATTOO AND CERTAIN BODY PIERCING STUDIOS
REPORT OF INFECTION.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person who owns, operates, or maintains a tattoo or body piercing studio shall report to the department any infection resulting from tattooing or body piercing as soon as it becomes known.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 580, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 936, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 516, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.146.htm
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- sha256 92bbb5cf74232435d1674284f8873e8edd96fe6fbbda38f964923cbce3f5ba7b
- Composed by
- 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
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