Subject to the confidentiality requirements of this chapter, the department shall require epidemiological reports of disease outbreaks and of individual cases of disease suspected or known to be of importance to the public health. The department shall evaluate the reports to determine the trends involved and the nature and magnitude of the hazards.
Tex. Health & Safety Code § 81.047
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL REPORTS
Known as the Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Act
The act spans §§ 81–81 (155 sections).
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff
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