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2025 Texas Statutes
Occupations Code
Title 2 - General Provisions Relating to Licensing
Chapter 58 - Use of Genetic Information
Subchapter B. Use and Retention of Genetic Information
Section 58.051. Certain Uses of Genetic Information Prohibited
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TX Occ Code § 58.051 (2025)
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Sec. 58.051. CERTAIN USES OF GENETIC INFORMATION PROHIBITED. A licensing authority may not deny an application for an occupational license, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew an occupational license, or take any other disciplinary action against a license holder based on the refusal of the license applicant or license holder to:
(1) submit to a genetic test;
(2) submit a family health history;
(3) disclose whether the applicant or holder has submitted to a genetic test; or
(4) disclose the results of any genetic test to which the applicant or holder has submitted.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14.001(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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