{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.105","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.105","heading":"INFORMED CONSENT.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, a person may not perform a test designed to identify HIV or its antigen or antibody without first obtaining the informed consent of the person to be tested.\n(b) Consent need not be written if there is documentation in the medical record that the test has been explained and the consent has been obtained.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.","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 F. TESTS FOR ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME AND RELATED DISORDERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.81.htm#81.105","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"347a47c4a2244116f696ec4dde3cb95add6c4d6382251c10897b90581effb116","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.104","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.106"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}