Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 13.043: GRATUITIES PROHIBITED.

Where this section sits in the code

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
TITLE 2. HEALTH
SUBTITLE A. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
CHAPTER 13. DEPARTMENT HOSPITALS AND RESPIRATORY FACILITIES
SUBCHAPTER B. TEXAS TUBERCULOSIS CODE

(a) A patient in a public health hospital may not offer an officer, agent, or employee of the hospital a tip, payment, or reward of any kind.

(b) A patient who violates this section may be expelled from the hospital. An employee who accepts a tip, payment, or reward of any kind from a patient may be discharged.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0062, eff. April 2, 2015.

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