{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-162.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 162.002","heading":"REQUIRED TESTING OF BLOOD.","body":"(a) For each donation of blood, a blood bank shall require the donor to submit to tests for communicable diseases, including tests for AIDS, HIV, or hepatitis, and serological tests for contagious venereal diseases.\n(b) A blood bank is not required to obtain the donor's informed consent before administering tests for infectious diseases and is not required to provide counseling concerning the test results.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0487, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 162. BLOOD BANKS AND DONATION OF BLOOD"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.162.htm#162.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"c94e23cf46f0bcc7e8f0537e4f6841d55f66f6d6a8b78c2cba494a9e41e815dd","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-162.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-162.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}