Tex. Health & Safety Code § 84.002 · Chapter 84. REPORTING OF OCCUPATIONAL CONDITIONS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Health professional" means an individual whose:
(A) vocation or profession is directly or indirectly related to the maintenance of health in another individual; and
(B) duties require a specified amount of formal education and may require a special examination, a certificate or license, or membership in a regional or national association.
(2) "Occupational condition " means a disease, abnormal health condition, or laboratory finding that is caused by or is related to exposures in the workplace.
(3) "Reportable condition " means a disease, condition, or laboratory finding required to be reported under this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 245, Sec. 2, eff. May 23, 1997.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.84.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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