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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 81.068

REFUSING ENTRY OR INSPECTION; CRIMINAL PENALTY

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

(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly refuses or attempts to refuse entry to the department, a health authority, or a peace officer on presentation of a valid search warrant to investigate, inspect, or take samples on premises controlled by the person or by an agent of the person acting on the person's instruction.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly refuses or attempts to refuse inspection under Section 81.064 or entry or access under Section 81.065.

(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

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