Tex. Health & Safety Code § 81.105 · Subchapter F. TESTS FOR ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME AND RELATED DISORDERS
INFORMED CONSENT.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, a person may not perform a test designed to identify HIV or its antigen or antibody without first obtaining the informed consent of the person to be tested.
(b) Consent need not be written if there is documentation in the medical record that the test has been explained and the consent has been obtained.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
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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.81.htm
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