{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-87.042","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 87.042","heading":"DEPARTMENTAL INVESTIGATORY POWERS.","body":"To conduct an investigation under this chapter, the commissioner or the commissioner's designee has the same authority to enter, inspect, investigate, and take samples and to do so in the same manner as is provided for communicable diseases under Sections 81.061, 81.063, 81.064, and 81.065.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 602, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 8.132, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES","CHAPTER 87. BIRTH DEFECTS","SUBCHAPTER C. INVESTIGATIONS AND INSPECTIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.87.htm#87.042","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"9ac360d174b0a61ec9010258a47a4f65d0520cd14a02c64f2b667c875f366b38","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-87.041","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-87.061"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}