Tex. Health & Safety Code § 161.005 · Subchapter A. IMMUNIZATIONS
IMMUNIZATIONS REQUIRED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) On admission of a child to a mental health facility of the department, a state supported living center of the Department of Aging and Disability Services, or a facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, the facility physician shall review the immunization history of the child and administer any needed vaccinations or refer the child for immunization.
(b) The department and the executive commissioner have the same powers and duties under this section as the department and the executive commissioner have under Sections 38.001 and 51.933, Education Code. In addition, the provisions of those sections relating to provisional admissions and exceptions apply to this section.
(c) A facility covered by this section shall keep an individual immunization record during the individual's period of admission, detention, or commitment in the facility, and the records shall be open for inspection at all reasonable times by a representative of the local health department or the department.
(d) This section does not affect the requirements of Section 38.001 or 51.933, Education Code, or Section 42.043, Human Resources Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 43, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 6.41, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0456, eff. April 2, 2015.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.161.htm
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Education Code
- Tex. Educ. Code § 38.001IMMUNIZATION; REQUIREMENTS; EXCEPTIONS.Printed as Section 38.001 or 51.933, Education Code | Sections 38.001 and 51.933, Education Code
- Tex. Educ. Code § 51.933IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS; EXCEPTION.Printed as Section 38.001 or 51.933, Education Code | Sections 38.001 and 51.933, Education Code
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