# 25 Tex. Admin. Code § 97.5: 25 TAC § 97.5. Where To Report a Condition or Isolate; Where To Submit an Isolate > Texas · Regulations · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_TAC_T25_P1_C97_S97_5 ## Section - **Citation:** 25 Tex. Admin. Code § 97.5 - **Heading:** 25 TAC § 97.5. Where To Report a Condition or Isolate; Where To Submit an Isolate - **Jurisdiction:** Texas - **Kind:** Regulations - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Texas Administrative Code / Title 25 HEALTH SERVICES / Part 1 DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES / Chapter 97 COMMUNICABLE DISEASES / 25 TAC § 97.5 ## Text (a) Humans. (1) A physician, dentist, veterinarian, chiropractor, reporting officer of a hospital, person in charge of a hospital laboratory (if the laboratory reports independently), person permitted by law to attend a pregnant woman during gestation or at the delivery of an infant, or school authority shall report to the local health authority where the office, clinic, hospital, or school is located. If there is no local health authority appointed for the jurisdiction where the office, clinic, hospital, or school is located, the report shall be made to the Department of State Health Services (department) regional director. Public health emergencies shall be reported to the department's central office if the local health authority or the department's regional director is not immediately accessible. (2) The administrative officer of a clinical laboratory, blood bank, mobile unit, or other facility shall report a condition or submit an isolate as follows: (A) If the laboratory examination was requested by a physician, notice shall be sent to the local health authority for the jurisdiction where the physician's office is located, to the department's regional director for the jurisdiction where the physician's office is located if no local health authority exists, or to the department's central office when the regional director or local health authority are unknown to the laboratory. (B) If the laboratory examination was not requested by a physician, notice shall be sent to the local health authority for the jurisdiction where the laboratory is located, to the department's regional director for the jurisdiction where the laboratory is located if no local health authority has been appointed, or to the department's central office when the regional director or local health authority are unknown to the laboratory. (C) All diseases requiring submission of cultures in §97.3(a)(4) of this title (relating to What Condition to Report and What Isolates to Report or Submit) shall be submitted to the Department of State Health Services, Laboratory Services Section, 1100 West 49th Street, Austin, Texas 78756-3199 or other public health laboratory as designated by the Department of State Health Services. (3) Sexually transmitted diseases including HIV and AIDS shall be reported in accordance with Subchapter F of this chapter (relating to Sexually Transmitted Diseases Including Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)). (b) Animals. (1) Reportable conditions in animals shall be reported to either the appropriate Department of State Health Services regional zoonosis control office or the Zoonosis Control Branch office in Austin. (2) Conditions in animals that are reportable to both the Department of State Health Services and the Texas Animal Health Commission can be reported to either one of the agencies, which will forward the information to the other agency. ## Nearby sections - [25 Tex. Admin. Code § 97.1 25 TAC § 97.1. Definitions and Applicability](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_TAC_T25_P1_C97_S97_1.md) - [25 Tex. Admin. Code § 97.2 25 TAC § 97.2. 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Code § 97.12 25 TAC § 97.12. Mandatory Testing of Persons Suspected of Exposing Certain Other Persons to Notifiable Conditions and Workers' Compensation Issues Relevant to Postexposure Management of Emergency Response Employees or Volunteers](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_TAC_T25_P1_C97_S97_12.md) - [25 Tex. Admin. Code § 97.13 25 TAC § 97.13. Death of a Person with Certain Communicable Diseases](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_TAC_T25_P1_C97_S97_13.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_TAC_T25_P1_C97_S97_5. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.