Tex. Health & Safety Code § 85.203 · Subchapter I. PREVENTION OF TRANSMISSION OF HIV AND HEPATITIS B VIRUS BY INFECTED HEALTH CARE WORKERS
INFECTION CONTROL STANDARDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) All health care workers shall adhere to universal precautions as defined by this subchapter.
(b) Health care workers with exudative lesions or weeping dermatitis shall refrain from all direct patient care and from handling patient care equipment and devices used in performing invasive procedures until the condition resolves.
(c) All institutions of higher education and professional and vocational schools training health care workers shall provide instruction on universal precautions.
(d) Health care institutions shall establish procedures for monitoring compliance with universal precautions.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 15, Sec. 5.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
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