Tex. Health & Safety Code § 773.015

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 773.015 - Identification of Certain Patients Receiving Emergency Prehospital Care

Emergency medical services personnel or emergency room medical or admissions personnel may take the thumbprint of a person who receives emergency prehospital care if the person:

(1) does not possess personal identification at the time the care is administered;

(2) is unconscious;

(3) is transported across the Texas-Mexico border by ambulance or helicopter while receiving emergency prehospital care; and

(4) is delivered to a hospital that has digital fingerprinting capabilities.

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 773.015

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 517, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2005.