Texas Health And Safety Code Title 6, Chapter 508 - Area Quarantine For Environmental Or Toxic Agent

• Texas Section 508.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Environmental or toxic agent" means any bacterium or other disease-producing organism, toxic substance, radioactive substance, or other hazardous substance capable of...
• Texas Section 508.002 - Applicability
  This chapter applies to any circumstance in which an environmental or toxic agent is introduced into the environment, including an act of terrorism. Added by...
• Texas Section 508.003 - Area Quarantine
  (a) If the commissioner of state health services or one or more health authorities determine that the introduction of an environmental or toxic agent into...
• Texas Section 508.004 - Criminal Penalty
  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly fails or refuses to obey an order or instruction of the commissioner of state health services...

Last modified: September 28, 2016