The U.S. Public Health Service has designated the Texas Department of Health as the governmental entity in the State of Texas which is responsible for determining which physicians in the state are authorized to administer yellow fever vaccine for persons who travel outside the United States. The department provides this authorization by issuing vaccination stamps to designated physicians. These sections cover the criteria by which the department issues the yellow fever vaccination stamp to physicians.

Source Note:The provisions of this §97.151 adopted to be effective March 13, 1986, 11 TexReg 1045; amended to be effective September 26, 2002, 27 TexReg 8932.