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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 92.002: REPORTABLE INJURY; RULES.

(a) Spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, and submersion injuries are reportable to the department. The executive commissioner by rule shall define those terms for reporting purposes.
(b) The executive commissioner may adopt rules that require other injuries to be reported under this subchapter.
(c) The executive commissioner shall maintain and revise, as necessary, the list of reportable injuries.
(d) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to administer this subchapter.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Renumbered from Health & Safety Code Sec. 87.002 by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 17.01(18), eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Renumbered from Health and Safety Code Sec. 88.002 by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 31.01(53), eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 893, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1088, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0314, eff. April 2, 2015.

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 92. INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

(a) Spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, and submersion injuries are reportable to the department. The executive commissioner by rule shall define those terms for reporting purposes.

(b) The executive commissioner may adopt rules that require other injuries to be reported under this subchapter.

(d) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to administer this subchapter.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Renumbered from Health & Safety Code Sec. 87.002 by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 17.01(18), eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Renumbered from Health and Safety Code Sec. 88.002 by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 31.01(53), eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 893, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1088, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0314, eff. April 2, 2015.

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