Tex. Health & Safety Code § 777.001 · Chapter 777. REGIONAL POISON CONTROL CENTERS
REGIONAL POISON CONTROL CENTERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Six regional centers for poison control are designated as the regional poison control centers for the state as follows:
(1) The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston;
(2) the Dallas County Hospital District/North Texas Poison Center;
(3) The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio;
(4) the University Medical Center of El Paso, El Paso County Hospital District;
(5) the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Amarillo; and
(6) Scott and White Memorial Hospital, Temple, Texas.
(b) The poison control centers shall coordinate poison control activities within the designated health and human services regions for the state. The Commission on State Emergency Communications shall adopt rules designating the region for each poison control center. The Commission on State Emergency Communications may adopt rules permitting poison control centers to provide services for regions served by other poison control centers in this state as necessary to maximize efficient use of resources and provide appropriate services in each region.
(c) The Commission on State Emergency Communications may standardize the operations of and implement management controls to improve the efficiency of regional poison control centers.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 670, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 347 (H.B. 1093), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 4 (S.B. 1), Sec. 27.01, eff. September 28, 2011.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.777.htm
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