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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 84.003

REPORTABLE CONDITIONS; RULES

Known as the Occupational Condition Reporting Act

The act spans §§ 84–84 (7 sections).

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

(a) Asbestosis and silicosis are occupational conditions that are reportable to the department.

(b) Blood lead levels in adults are laboratory findings that are reportable to the department as provided by department rule.

(c) The executive commissioner may adopt rules that require other occupational conditions to be reported under this chapter. Before the executive commissioner requires another occupational condition to be reported, the executive commissioner must find that the condition:

(1) has a well-understood etiology;

(2) results predominantly from occupational exposures; and

(3) is preventable.

(d) The executive commissioner shall maintain a list of reportable conditions.

(e) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to administer and implement this chapter.

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