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2024 Texas Statutes
Health and Safety Code
Title 2 - Health
Subtitle D - Prevention, Control, and Reports of Diseases; Public Health Disasters and Emergencies
Chapter 81 - Communicable Diseases; Public Health Disasters; Public Health Emergencies
Subchapter C. Reports and Reportable Diseases
Section 81.049. Failure to Report; Criminal Penalty

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TX Health & Safety Code § 81.049 (2024)
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Sec. 81.049. FAILURE TO REPORT; CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly fails to report a reportable disease or health condition under this subchapter.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

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

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