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Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 501.060. Tuberculosis Screening

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(a) The board will establish requirements for tuberculosis screening of department employees and volunteers in a manner similar to that established for jail employees and volunteers as outlined in Subchapter B, Chapter 89, Health and Safety Code.  1

(b) The institutional division shall provide tuberculosis screening for a person if:

(1) the person is an employee of:

(A) the institutional division;

(B) the correctional managed care plan operated by The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston;  or

(C) the Texas Tech University Health Science Center Correctional Managed Care Plan;  and

(2) the person requests the screening.

1  V.T.C.A., Health & Safety Code § 89.011 et seq.

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