Tex. Health & Safety Code § 253.009 · Chapter 253. EMPLOYEE MISCONDUCT; REGISTRY
NOTIFICATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Each facility or individual employer as defined in this chapter and each agency as defined in Section 48.401, Human Resources Code, shall notify its employees in a manner prescribed by the department:
(1) about the employee misconduct registry; and
(2) that an employee may not be employed if the employee is listed in the registry.
(b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 629, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1267, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 2.69, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 809 (S.B. 1318), Sec. 23, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 763 (S.B. 806), Sec. 14, eff. June 19, 2009.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 363 (H.B. 2683), Sec. 9, eff. January 1, 2014.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0808, eff. April 2, 2015.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.253.htm
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