Tex. Health & Safety Code § 162.007 · Chapter 162. BLOOD BANKS AND DONATION OF BLOOD
REPORT TO RECIPIENT OR TRANSFUSER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A blood bank shall report blood test results for blood confirmed as HIV positive by the normal procedures blood banks presently use or found to be contaminated by any other communicable disease to:
(1) the hospital or other facility in which the blood was transfused or provided;
(2) the physician who transfused the infected blood; or
(3) the recipient of the blood.
(b) A blood bank may report blood test results for statistical purposes.
(c) A blood bank that reports test results under this section may not disclose the name of the donor or person tested or any other information that could result in the disclosure of the donor's or person's identity, including an address, social security number, designated recipient, or replacement donation information.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0490, 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.162.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 3 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Health & Safety Code § 162.007. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 162.010GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF COURT.Printed as Section 162.007
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 162.013CIVIL PENALTY.Printed as Section 162.006, 162.007, 162.010, or 162.011
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 162.014CRIMINAL PENALTY.Printed as Section 162.006 or 162.007 | Section 162.006, 162.007, 162.010, or 162.011
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