Tex. Health & Safety Code § 773.015 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
IDENTIFICATION OF CERTAIN PATIENTS RECEIVING EMERGENCY PREHOSPITAL CARE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Emergency medical services personnel or emergency room medical or admissions personnel may take the thumbprint of a person who receives emergency prehospital care if the person:
(1) does not possess personal identification at the time the care is administered;
(2) is unconscious;
(3) is transported across the Texas-Mexico border by ambulance or helicopter while receiving emergency prehospital care; and
(4) is delivered to a hospital that has digital fingerprinting capabilities.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 517 (H.B. 805), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
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.773.htm
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