Sec. 773.015.  IDENTIFICATION OF CERTAIN PATIENTS RECEIVING EMERGENCY PREHOSPITAL CARE.  Emergency medical services personnel or emergency room medical or admissions personnel may take the thumbprint of a person who receives emergency prehospital care if the person:
(1)  does not possess personal identification at the time the care is administered;
(2)  is unconscious;
(3)  is transported across the Texas-Mexico border by ambulance or helicopter while receiving emergency prehospital care; and
(4)  is delivered to a hospital that has digital fingerprinting capabilities.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 517 (H.B. 805), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.