This subchapter does not:
- (1) require the revocation of the license, registration, or certification of a health care worker who is infected with HIV or hepatitis B virus;
(2) prohibit a health care worker who is infected with HIV or hepatitis B virus and who adheres to universal precautions, as defined by this subchapter, from:
- (A) performing procedures not identified as exposure-prone; or
- (B) providing health care services in emergency situations;
- (3) prohibit a health care worker who is infected with HIV and who adheres to universal precautions from providing health care services, including exposure-prone procedures, to persons who are infected with HIV; or
- (4) require the testing of health care workers.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 15, Sec. 5.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.