# Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.006: RECORDS OF PERSONS IN HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C191_S191.006

## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.006
- **Heading:** RECORDS OF PERSONS IN HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 191 / Section 191.006

## Text

(a) This section applies to each public or private hospital, almshouse, or other institution to which persons are committed by process of law or voluntarily enter for treatment of disease or for confinement.

(b) When a person is admitted to the institution, the superintendent, manager, or other person in charge of the institution shall record, in the manner directed by the state registrar, the admitted person's personal and statistical data required by certificate forms under this title. If the person is admitted for the treatment of disease, the physician in charge shall specify for the record the nature of the disease and where, in the physician's opinion, the disease was contracted.

(c) The personal information required under Subsection (b) shall be obtained:

(1) from the person admitted to the institution, if practicable; or

(2) from the person's relatives or friends or from other persons acquainted with the facts, in as complete a manner as possible, if the information cannot be obtained from the person admitted to the institution.

## 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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