Tex. Health & Safety Code § 163.003 · Chapter 163. EDUCATION PROGRAM ABOUT SEXUAL CONDUCT AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS REGARDING HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Course materials and instruction relating to sexually transmitted diseases must be available in English and in Spanish and should include:
(1) the following specific information on human papillomavirus:
(A) that sexual intercourse is not required to become infected with human papillomavirus and that the avoidance of skin-to-skin contact involving the genital areas offers the best protection;
(B) that both males and females may be infected with human papillomavirus and symptoms may not be present;
(C) that younger women are at greater risk of human papillomavirus infection than older women; and
(D) that human papillomavirus may be transmitted to an infant during childbirth;
(2) information regarding the role of human papillomavirus in the development of genital warts, cervical cancer, and other diseases; and
(3) information regarding the continuing need for women to undergo Pap smear testing, even if they have received a vaccination against human papillomavirus.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 59 (H.B. 1379), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.
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