Tex. Health and Safety Code § 773.015: IDENTIFICATION OF CERTAIN PATIENTS RECEIVING EMERGENCY PREHOSPITAL CARE.

Emergency medical services personnel or emergency room medical or admissions personnel may take the thumbprint of a person who receives emergency prehospital care if the person:

(1) does not possess personal identification at the time the care is administered;

(2) is unconscious;

(3) is transported across the Texas-Mexico border by ambulance or helicopter while receiving emergency prehospital care; and

(4) is delivered to a hospital that has digital fingerprinting capabilities.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 517 (H.B. 805), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.