{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-89.071","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 89.071","heading":"REPORTING.","body":"(a) A case of tuberculosis shall be reported to the appropriate health authority or to the department not later than the third day after the day on which the diagnosis is suspected.\n(b) The results of a screening test shall be reported to the department monthly in a manner approved by the department.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 786, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES","CHAPTER 89. SCREENING AND TREATMENT FOR TUBERCULOSIS IN JAILS AND OTHER CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES","SUBCHAPTER D. REPORTING; RULEMAKING; MINIMUM STANDARDS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.89.htm#89.071","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"eb3a74b64438a7df27f3efef8d001ae910558c554ba468b93b8c99743dcb02c0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-89.054","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-89.072"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}