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Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 85.012. Model Workplace Guidelines

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) To ensure consistent public policy, the department, in consultation with appropriate state and local agencies and private entities, shall develop model workplace guidelines concerning persons with HIV infection and related conditions.

(b) The model workplace guidelines must include provisions stating that:

(1) all employees will receive some education about methods of transmission and prevention of HIV infection and related conditions;

(2) accommodations will be made to keep persons with HIV infection employed and productive for as long as possible;

(3) the confidentiality of employee medical records will be protected;

(4) HIV-related policies will be consistent with current information from public health authorities, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health Service, and with state and federal law and regulations;

(5) persons with HIV infection are entitled to the same rights and opportunities as persons with other communicable diseases; and

(6) employers and employees should not engage in discrimination against persons with HIV infection unless based on accurate scientific information.

(c) The department shall develop more specific model workplace guidelines for employers in businesses with educational, correctional, health, or social service responsibilities.

(d) The department shall make the model workplace guidelines available on request.

(e) Employers should be encouraged to adopt HIV-related workplace guidelines that incorporate, at a minimum, the guidelines established by the department under this section.

(f) This chapter does not create a new cause of action for a violation of workplace guidelines.

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