Tex. Health & Safety Code § 161.101 · Subchapter J. EXPOSURE TO LEAD
TESTS FOR EXPOSURE TO LEAD.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) At the request of an attending physician, the department shall conduct tests for lead poisoning if the physician suspects that a person has been exposed to lead and that the person may have been harmed by that exposure.
(b) The department shall charge only for the cost to the department of conducting the test.
(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 695, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 26, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0472, 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.161.htm
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- 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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