These sections implement the Texas Injury Prevention and Control Act, Health and Safety Code, Chapter 92, which authorizes the Texas Board of Health to adopt rules concerning the reporting and control of injuries. These sections also implement Chapter 893, 75th Legislature, 1997, which amends the Texas Injury Prevention and Control Act to include traumatic brain injuries as reportable injuries. Nothing in the rules shall be construed to preempt or impede the authority of a health authority, a local health department, a public health district, a municipality, or a county to conduct the same activities within its jurisdiction.

Source Note:The provisions of this §103.1 adopted to be effective March 1, 1994, 19 TexReg 1104; amended to be effective October 1, 1998, 23 TexReg 7806.