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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 592.015: EMPLOYMENT.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
- SUBTITLE D. PERSONS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY ACT
- CHAPTER 592. RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
- SUBCHAPTER B. BASIC BILL OF RIGHTS
An employer, employment agency, or labor organization may not deny a person equal opportunities in employment because of the person's intellectual disability, unless:
(1) the person's intellectual disability significantly impairs the person's ability to perform the duties and tasks of the position for which the person has applied; or
(2) the denial is based on a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the particular business or enterprise.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1412, eff. April 2, 2015.
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