Funciones de la Autoridad Sanitaria en Texas

Sec. 121.024. DUTIES. (a) A health authority is a state officer when performing duties prescribed by state law. (b) A health authority shall perform each duty that is: (1) necessary to implement and enforce a law to protect the public health; or (2) prescribed by the department. (c) The duties of a health authority include: (1) establishing, maintaining, and enforcing quarantine in the health authority's jurisdiction; (2) aiding the department in relation to local quarantine, inspection, disease prevention and suppression, birth and death statistics, and general sanitation in the health authority's jurisdiction; (3) reporting the presence of contagious, infectious, and dangerous epidemic diseases in the health authority's jurisdiction to the department in the manner and at the times prescribed by the department; (4) reporting to the department on any subject on which it is proper for the department to direct that a report be made; and (5) aiding the department in the enforcement of the following in the health authority's jurisdiction: (A) proper rules, requirements, and ordinances; (B) sanitation laws; (C) quarantine rules; and (D) vital statistics collections. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0370, eff. April 2, 2015. Statute text rendered on: 9/10/2024 - 685 - HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE