{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-773.015","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 773.015","heading":"IDENTIFICATION OF CERTAIN PATIENTS RECEIVING EMERGENCY PREHOSPITAL CARE.","body":"Emergency medical services personnel or emergency room medical or admissions personnel may take the thumbprint of a person who receives emergency prehospital care if the person:\n(1) does not possess personal identification at the time the care is administered;\n(2) is unconscious;\n(3) is transported across the Texas-Mexico border by ambulance or helicopter while receiving emergency prehospital care; and\n(4) is delivered to a hospital that has digital fingerprinting capabilities.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 517 (H.B. 805), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 9. SAFETY","SUBTITLE B. EMERGENCIES","CHAPTER 773. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.773.htm#773.015","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"a3f40759a5381abf4a099190efbdc689b89dcbdf82b1d2109b59bdbca8497f00","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-773.0145","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-773.016"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}