Document Citation: Tex. Health & Safety Code § 122.006

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Texas Annotated Statutes
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
TITLE 2. HEALTH
SUBTITLE F. LOCAL REGULATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH
CHAPTER 122. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITITES RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH


Date:
08/31/2009

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§ 122.006. Powers of Home-Rule Municipalities

A home-rule municipality may:

(1) adopt rules to protect the health of persons in the municipality, including quarantine rules to protect the residents against communicable disease; and

(2) provide for the establishment of quarantine stations, emergency hospitals, and other hospitals.