Tex. Health & Safety Code § 259.006 · Chapter 259. SURGICAL TECHNOLOGISTS AT HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
ENFORCEMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission may adopt rules to administer and enforce this chapter.
(b) A health care facility that violates Section 259.002 is subject to an administrative penalty, a civil penalty, or other disciplinary action, as applicable, in the same manner as if the facility violated the chapter under which the facility is licensed.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 321 (H.B. 643), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0818, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.259.htm
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