# Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.003: POWERS AND DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER AND DEPARTMENT

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C191_S191.003

## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.003
- **Heading:** POWERS AND DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER AND DEPARTMENT
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 191 / Section 191.003

## Text

(a) The executive commissioner shall adopt necessary rules for collecting, recording, transcribing, compiling, and preserving vital statistics.

(a-1) The department shall:

(1) supervise the vital statistics unit; and

(2) appoint the director of the vital statistics unit.

(b) In an emergency, the executive commissioner may suspend any part of this title that hinders the uniform and efficient registration of vital events and may substitute emergency rules designed to expedite that registration under disaster conditions.

## Nearby sections

- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.001 § 191.001. DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C191_S191.001.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.002 § 191.002. POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C191_S191.002.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.003 § 191.003. POWERS AND DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER AND DEPARTMENT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C191_S191.003.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.004 § 191.004. STATE REGISTRAR.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C191_S191.004.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.005 § 191.005. VITAL STATISTICS ACCOUNT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C191_S191.005.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.006 § 191.006. RECORDS OF PERSONS IN HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C191_S191.006.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.007 § 191.007. REGULATION BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C191_S191.007.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.008 § 191.008. SORTING COLLECTED DATA.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C191_S191.008.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.009 § 191.009. USE OF DIACRITICAL MARKS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C191_S191.009.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.010 § 191.010. DEATH INFORMATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C191_S191.010.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.0011 § 191.0011. REFERENCE IN OTHER LAW.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C191_S191.0011.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.011 § 191.011. DEATH INFORMATION PROVIDED TO SECRETARY OF STATE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C191_S191.011.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.012 § 191.012. DEATH INFORMATION PROVIDED TO CERTAIN HOSPITALS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C191_S191.012.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.021 § 191.021. REGISTRATION DISTRICTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C191_S191.021.md)

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