Tex. Health & Safety Code § 88.003 · Chapter 88. REPORTS OF CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING
REPORTABLE HEALTH CONDITION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Childhood blood lead levels that exceed the reference level are reportable.
(b) The executive commissioner by rule may designate:
(1) blood lead concentrations in children that must be reported; and
(2) the ages of children for whom the reporting requirements apply.
(c) The executive commissioner may adopt rules that establish a registry of children with blood lead levels that exceed the reference level and lead poisoning.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 52, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0303, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.88.htm
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- Composed by
- 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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