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Title HS, Health and Safety Code

389 chapters · 8,554 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title HS8,554 Ch 361, Solid Waste Disposal Act309 Ch 242, Convalescent and Nursing Facilities …210 Ch 401, Radioactive Materials and Other Sour…189 Ch 161, Public Health Provisions164 Ch 382, Clean Air Act162 Ch 772, Local Administration of Emergency Co…156 Ch 81, Communicable Diseases; Public Health…155 Ch 481, Texas Controlled Substances Act126 Ch 431, Texas Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act124 Ch 775, Emergency Services Districts120 Ch 773, Emergency Medical Services116 Ch 534, Community Services93 Ch 241, Hospitals86 Ch 286, Hospital Districts Created By Voter …84

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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 331.002 Workplace Violence Prevention Committee
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Sec. 331.002. WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION COMMITTEE. (a) Each facility shall establish a workplace violence prevention committee or authorize an existing facility committee to develop the workplace violence prevention plan required under Section 331.004. (b) A committee must in…
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 331.003 Workplace Violence Prevention Policy
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Sec. 331.003. WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION POLICY. (a) A facility shall adopt, implement, and enforce a written workplace violence prevention policy in accordance with this section to protect health care providers and employees from violent behavior and threats of violent behavi…
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 331.004 Workplace Violence Prevention Plan
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Sec. 331.004. WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLAN. (a) A facility shall adopt, implement, and enforce a written workplace violence prevention plan in accordance with this section to protect health care providers and employees from violent behavior and threats of violent behavior o…
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 331.005 Responding To Incident of Workplace Violence

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Sec. 331.005. RESPONDING TO INCIDENT OF WORKPLACE VIOLENCE. (a) Following an incident of workplace violence, a facility shall at a minimum offer immediate post-incident services, including any necessary acute medical treatment for each health care provider or employee of the faci…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 331.006 Enforcement

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Sec. 331.006. ENFORCEMENT. An appropriate licensing agency may take disciplinary action against a person who violates this chapter as if the person violated an applicable licensing law. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 31 (S.B. 240), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.001 Definitions

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Sec. 341.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(72), eff. April 2, 2015. (2) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services. (3) "Drinking water" means water distributed by an individual or public or private a…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.002 Rules For Sanitation and Health Protection

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Sec. 341.002. RULES FOR SANITATION AND HEALTH PROTECTION. The executive commissioner may: (1) adopt rules consistent with the purposes of this chapter; and (2) establish standards and procedures for the management and control of sanitation and for health protection measures. Acts…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.011 Nuisance

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Sec. 341.011. NUISANCE. Each of the following is a public health nuisance: (1) a condition or place that is a breeding place for flies and that is in a populous area; (2) spoiled or diseased meats intended for human consumption; (3) a restaurant, food market, bakery, other place …

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.012 Abatement of Nuisance

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Sec. 341.012. ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE. (a) A person shall abate a public health nuisance existing in or on a place the person possesses as soon as the person knows that the nuisance exists. (b) A local health authority who receives information and proof that a public health nuisanc…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.013 Garbage, Refuse, and Other Waste

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Sec. 341.013. GARBAGE, REFUSE, AND OTHER WASTE. (a) Premises occupied or used as residences or for business or pleasure shall be kept in a sanitary condition. (b) Kitchen waste, laundry waste, or sewage may not be allowed to accumulate in, discharge into, or flow into a public pl…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.014 Disposal of Human Excreta

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Sec. 341.014. DISPOSAL OF HUMAN EXCRETA. (a) Human excreta in a populous area shall be disposed of through properly managed sewers, treatment tanks, chemical toilets, or privies constructed and maintained in conformity with the department's specifications, or by other methods app…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.015 Sanitation of Ice Plants

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Sec. 341.015. SANITATION OF ICE PLANTS. (a) A person may not go on the platform covering the tanks in which ice is frozen in an ice factory unless the person is an officer, employee, or other person whose duties require that action. (b) An employee whose services are required on …

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.016 Sanitation of Businesses; Occupational Health and Safety

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Sec. 341.016. SANITATION OF BUSINESSES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY. (a) A person may not use or permit to be used in a business, manufacturing establishment, or other place of employment a process, material, or condition known to have a possible adverse effect on the health o…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.017 Sanitation Facilities For Railroad Maintenance-of-Way Employees

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Sec. 341.017. SANITATION FACILITIES FOR RAILROAD MAINTENANCE-OF-WAY EMPLOYEES. (a) The executive commissioner shall adopt reasonable rules to require railroads to provide adequate sanitation facilities for railroad maintenance-of-way employees. (b) The department may sue in a cou…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.018 Rodent Control

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Sec. 341.018. RODENT CONTROL. (a) A person who possesses an enclosed structure used or operated for public trade and who knows that the structure is infested with rodents shall: (1) attempt to exterminate the rodents by poisoning, trapping, fumigating, or other appropriate means;…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.019 Mosquito Control On Uninhabited Residential Property

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Sec. 341.019. MOSQUITO CONTROL ON UNINHABITED RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality, county, or other local health authority may abate, without notice, a public health nuisance under Section 341.011(7) that: (1) is located on residential property…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.031 Public Drinking Water

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Sec. 341.031. PUBLIC DRINKING WATER. (a) Public drinking water must be free from deleterious matter and must comply with the standards established by the commission or the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The commission may adopt and enforce rules to implement the f…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.0315 Public Drinking Water Supply System Requirements

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Sec. 341.0315. PUBLIC DRINKING WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS. (a) To preserve the public health, safety, and welfare, the commission shall ensure that public drinking water supply systems: (1) supply safe drinking water in adequate quantities; (2) are financially stable; and (…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.0316 Desalination of Marine Seawater For Drinking Water

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Sec. 341.0316. DESALINATION OF MARINE SEAWATER FOR DRINKING WATER. (a) This section applies only to a desalination facility that is intended to treat marine seawater for the purpose of producing water for the public drinking water supply. This section does not apply to a desalina…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.0317 Notice of Water Quality Testing

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Sec. 341.0317. NOTICE OF WATER QUALITY TESTING. The commission may provide notice not more than 24 hours in advance to a public drinking water supply system that obtains its water supply from underground sources of the commission's intent to perform water quality testing to inves…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.032 Drinking Water Provided By Common Carrier

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Sec. 341.032. DRINKING WATER PROVIDED BY COMMON CARRIER. (a) Drinking water provided by a common carrier or the common carrier's agent shall be taken only from supplies certified as meeting the standards established by the commission. The drinking water shall be kept and dispense…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.033 Protection of Public Water Supplies

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Sec. 341.033. PROTECTION OF PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES. (a) A person may not furnish drinking water to the public for a charge unless the production, processing, treatment, and distribution are at all times under the supervision of a water supply system operator holding a license issu…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.034 Licensing and Registration of Persons Who Perform Duties Relating To Public Water Supplies

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Sec. 341.034. LICENSING AND REGISTRATION OF PERSONS WHO PERFORM DUTIES RELATING TO PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES. (a) A person who operates a public water supply on a contract or volunteer basis must hold a registration issued by the commission under Chapter 37, Water Code. (b) A person …

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.035 Approved Plans Required For Public Water Supplies

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Sec. 341.035. APPROVED PLANS REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a person may not begin construction of a public drinking water supply system unless the executive director of the commission approves: (1) a business plan for the system; an…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.0351 Notification of System Changes

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Sec. 341.0351. NOTIFICATION OF SYSTEM CHANGES. Any person, including a municipality, supplying a drinking water service to the public that intends to make a material or major change in a water supply system that may affect the sanitary features of that utility must give written n…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.0352 Advertised Quality of Water Supply

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Sec. 341.0352. ADVERTISED QUALITY OF WATER SUPPLY. A water supply system owner, manager, or operator or an agent of a water supply system owner, manager, or operator may not advertise or announce a water supply as being of a quality other than the quality that is disclosed by the…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.0353 Drinking Water Supply Comparative Rating Information

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Sec. 341.0353. DRINKING WATER SUPPLY COMPARATIVE RATING INFORMATION. The commission shall assemble and tabulate all necessary information relating to public drinking water supplies at least once each year and as often during the year as conditions demand or justify. The informati…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.0354 Highway Signs For Approved System Rating

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Sec. 341.0354. HIGHWAY SIGNS FOR APPROVED SYSTEM RATING. A water supply system that attains an approved rating is entitled to erect signs of a design approved by the commission on highways approaching the municipality in which the water supply system is located. The signs shall b…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.0355 Financial Assurance For Certain Systems

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Sec. 341.0355. FINANCIAL ASSURANCE FOR CERTAIN SYSTEMS. (a) The commission may require the owner or operator of a public drinking water supply system that was constructed without the approval required by Section 341.035, that has a history of noncompliance with this subchapter or…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.0356 Order To Stop Operations

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Sec. 341.0356. ORDER TO STOP OPERATIONS. (a) A public water supply system shall stop operations on receipt of a written notification of the executive director of the commission or an order of the commission issued under this section. (b) The executive director or the commission m…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.0357 Identification Requirement For Device With Appearance of Fire Hydrant That Is Nonfunctioning Or Unavailable For Use In Fire Emergency

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Sec. 341.0357. IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR DEVICE WITH APPEARANCE OF FIRE HYDRANT THAT IS NONFUNCTIONING OR UNAVAILABLE FOR USE IN FIRE EMERGENCY. (a) The owner of any device having the appearance of a fire hydrant that is located in a place that an entity responsible for prov…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.03571 Identification Requirement For Certain Fire Hydrants and Flush Valves In Certain Municipalities

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Sec. 341.03571. IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN FIRE HYDRANTS AND FLUSH VALVES IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) In this section, "hydrant" means: (1) a fire hydrant; or (2) a metal flush valve that: (A) has the appearance of a fire hydrant; and (B) is located in a place that…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.0358 Public Safety Standards

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Sec. 341.0358. PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS. (a) In this section: (1) "Industrial district" has the meaning assigned by Section 42.044, Local Government Code, and includes an area that is designated by the governing body of a municipality as a zoned industrial area. (1-a) "Public util…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.03585 Fire Hydrant Flow and Pressure Standards In Certain Municipalities

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Sec. 341.03585. FIRE HYDRANT FLOW AND PRESSURE STANDARDS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) In this section: (1) "Industrial district" has the meaning assigned by Section 42.044, Local Government Code, and includes an area that is designated by the governing body of a municipality as…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.0359 Fire Hydrant Flow Standards

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Sec. 341.0359. FIRE HYDRANT FLOW STANDARDS. (a) In this section: (1) "Municipal utility" means a retail public utility, as defined by Section 13.002, Water Code, that is owned by a municipality. (2) "Residential area" means an area used principally for private residences that is …

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.036 Sanitary Defects At Public Drinking Water Supply Systems

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Sec. 341.036. SANITARY DEFECTS AT PUBLIC DRINKING WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS. (a) A sanitary defect at a public drinking water supply system that obtains its water supply from underground sources shall be immediately corrected. (b) A public drinking water supply system furnishing drink…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.037 Protection of Bodies of Water From Sewage

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Sec. 341.037. PROTECTION OF BODIES OF WATER FROM SEWAGE. The commission shall enforce state laws and take other necessary action to protect a spring, well, pond, lake, reservoir, or other stream in this state from any condition or pollution that results from sewage and that may e…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.038 Protection of Impounded Water From Disease-Bearing Mosquitoes

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Sec. 341.038. PROTECTION OF IMPOUNDED WATER FROM DISEASE-BEARING MOSQUITOES. A person that impounds water for public use shall cooperate with the commission and local departments of health to control disease-bearing mosquitoes on the impounded area. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678,…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.039 Standards For Graywater and Alternative Onsite Water

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Sec. 341.039. STANDARDS FOR GRAYWATER AND ALTERNATIVE ONSITE WATER. (a) The commission by rule shall adopt and implement minimum standards for the indoor and outdoor use and reuse of treated graywater and alternative onsite water for: (1) irrigation and other agricultural purpose…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.0391 Direct Potable Reuse Guidance

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Sec. 341.0391. DIRECT POTABLE REUSE GUIDANCE. (a) In this section, "direct potable reuse" means the introduction of treated reclaimed municipal wastewater either: (1) directly into a public water system; or (2) into a raw water supply immediately before the water enters a drinkin…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.040 Definition

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Sec. 341.040. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 1.024, eff. Aug. 12, 1991. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 353, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1995, 74th Le…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.041 Fees

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Sec. 341.041. FEES. (a) The commission by rule may charge fees to a person who owns, operates, or maintains a public drinking water supply system. The commission may establish a schedule of fees. The amount of the fees must be sufficient to cover the reasonable costs of administe…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.042 Standards For Harvested Rainwater

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Sec. 341.042. STANDARDS FOR HARVESTED RAINWATER. (a) The commission shall establish recommended standards relating to the domestic use of harvested rainwater, including health and safety standards for treatment and collection methods for harvested rainwater intended for drinking,…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.046 Nonapplicability of Subchapter F

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Sec. 341.046. NONAPPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER F. Subchapter F does not apply to this subchapter. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 353, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.047 Criminal Penalty

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Sec. 341.047. CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) violates a provision of Section 341.031; (2) violates a provision of Section 341.032(a) or (b); (3) violates a provision of Section 341.033(a)-(f); (4) constructs a drinking water supply system wit…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.048 Civil Enforcement

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Sec. 341.048. CIVIL ENFORCEMENT. (a) A person may not cause, suffer, allow, or permit a violation of this subchapter or a rule or order adopted under this subchapter. (b) A person who causes, suffers, allows, or permits a violation under this subchapter shall be assessed a civil …

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.0485 Water Utility Improvement Account

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Sec. 341.0485. WATER UTILITY IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT. (a) The water utility improvement account is created outside of the state treasury. (b) A civil or administrative penalty payable to the state that is collected from a utility for a violation of this subchapter shall be deposited …

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.049 Administrative Penalty

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Sec. 341.049. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY. (a) If a person causes, suffers, allows, or permits a violation of this subchapter or a rule or order adopted under this subchapter, the commission may assess a penalty against that person as provided by this section. The penalty shall not be…

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.050 Penalties Cumulative

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Sec. 341.050. PENALTIES CUMULATIVE. All penalties accruing under this subchapter are cumulative of all other remedies, and a suit for recovery of any penalty does not bar or affect the recovery of any other penalty or bar any criminal prosecution against a person or any officer, …

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.061 Toilet Facilities

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Sec. 341.061. TOILET FACILITIES. An operator, manager, or superintendent of a public building, schoolhouse, theater, filling station, tourist court, bus station, or tavern shall provide and maintain sanitary toilet accommodations. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept.…