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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 162.002

REQUIRED TESTING OF BLOOD

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Beeman v. State (2002)

Most recently applied in Beeman v. State (October 2002)

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff

(a) For each donation of blood, a blood bank shall require the donor to submit to tests for communicable diseases, including tests for AIDS, HIV, or hepatitis, and serological tests for contagious venereal diseases.

(b) A blood bank is not required to obtain the donor's informed consent before administering tests for infectious diseases and is not required to provide counseling concerning the test results.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.