{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-121.021","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 121.021","heading":"HEALTH AUTHORITY.","body":"A health authority is a physician appointed under the provisions of this chapter to administer state and local laws relating to public health within the appointing body's jurisdiction.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 118, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE F. LOCAL REGULATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH","CHAPTER 121. LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH REORGANIZATION ACT","SUBCHAPTER B. HEALTH AUTHORITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.121.htm#121.021","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"9ea79114b359f7d9d7c06ff8bfbb6444429f6858198041bc49ec0a3f11f39be6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-121.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-121.022"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}