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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 162.006: DISCLOSURE TO OTHER BLOOD BANKS.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 2. HEALTH
- SUBTITLE H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS
- CHAPTER 162. BLOOD BANKS AND DONATION OF BLOOD
(a) A blood bank may report to other blood banks the name of a donor with a possible communicable disease according to positive blood test results.
(b) A blood bank that reports a donor's name to other blood banks under this section may not disclose the communicable disease that the donor has or is suspected of having.
(c) A blood bank that reports as provided by this section does not breach a confidence arising out of any confidential relationship.
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. 3.0489, eff. April 2, 2015.
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