|
|
|
State Law
Federal Law
|
Texas Health & Safety Code - Chapter 87 Birth DefectsLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Health & Safety Code > Texas Health & Safety Code - Chapter 87 Birth Defects In this chapter: (1) "Birth defect" means a physical or mental functional deficit or impairment in a human embryo, fetus, or newborn resulting from one ... (a) Except as specifically authorized by this chapter, reports, records, and information furnished to a department employee or to an authorized agent of the department ... The department may enter into contracts or agreements with persons as necessary to implement this chapter. The contracts or agreements may provide for payment by ... A health professional, a health facility, or an administrator, officer, or employee of a health facility subject to this chapter is not civilly or criminally ... Another state board, commission, agency, or governmental entity capable of assisting the department in carrying out the intent of this chapter shall cooperate with the ... (a) The board shall establish in the department a program to: (1) identify and investigate certain birth defects in children; and (2) maintain a central ... (a) To ensure an accurate source of data necessary to investigate the incidence, prevalence, and trends of birth defects, the board may require a health ... A child who meets the medical criteria prescribed by board rule, and the child's family, shall be referred to the department's case management program for ... (a) The department may conduct investigations, including epidemiological or toxicological investigations, of cases of specified birth defects. (b) The department may conduct these investigations to ... 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 ... (a) Information collected and analyzed by the department or an authorized agent under this chapter may be placed in a central registry to facilitate research ... (a) Access to the central registry information is limited to authorized department employees and other persons with a valid scientific interest who are engaged in ... (a) The commissioner and the department's committee for the protection of human subjects shall review each research proposal that requests the use of information in ... (a) The department shall publish an annual report of activities using data contained in the central registry. The report shall include: (1) a description of ... In developing the central registry and conducting research in areas of this state that border Mexico, the department shall make every effort to coordinate its ... Last modified: August 10, 2007 |