{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.065","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.065","heading":"RIGHT OF ENTRY.","body":"(a) For an investigation or inspection, the commissioner, an employee of the department, or a health authority has the right of entry on land or in a building, vehicle, watercraft, or aircraft and the right of access to an individual, animal, or object that is in isolation, detention, restriction, or quarantine instituted by the commissioner, an employee of the department, or a health authority or instituted voluntarily on instructions of a private physician.\n(b) Evidence gathered during an entry by the commissioner, department, or health authority under this section may not be used in a criminal proceeding other than a proceeding to assess a criminal penalty under this chapter.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 2.175, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES","CHAPTER 81. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES","SUBCHAPTER D. INVESTIGATION AND INSPECTION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.81.htm#81.065","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"f0c0f26fad24ecc1ab97ce4f5a56f5dbbe8569b5f304653c757ecadb85911bd1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.064","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.066"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}