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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.068: REFUSING ENTRY OR INSPECTION; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 2. HEALTH
- SUBTITLE D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES
- CHAPTER 81. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES
- SUBCHAPTER D. INVESTIGATION AND INSPECTION
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly refuses or attempts to refuse entry to the department, a health authority, or a peace officer on presentation of a valid search warrant to investigate, inspect, or take samples on premises controlled by the person or by an agent of the person acting on the person's instruction.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly refuses or attempts to refuse inspection under Section 81.064 or entry or access under Section 81.065.
(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 2.178, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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