{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-47.009","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 47.009","heading":"IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY.","body":"A birthing facility, a clinical laboratory, an audiologist, a health care provider, a physician, a registered nurse, or any other officer or employee of a birthing facility, a laboratory, a physician, or an audiologist is not criminally or civilly liable for furnishing information in good faith to the department or its designee as required by this chapter. This section does not apply to information gathered and furnished after a parent of a newborn or infant declined screening offered through a program.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1347, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE B. HEALTH PROGRAMS","CHAPTER 47. HEARING LOSS IN NEWBORNS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.47.htm#47.009","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"8b39d8215b8de880675d3b479be664bb47eb9ffa8aa7b99e97d6b54aef65d0ff","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-47.0085","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-47.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}