(a) The Department of State Health Services has prepared and maintains model workplace guidelines consistent with current public health information and with state and federal laws and regulations as required by the Texas Health and Safety Code, §85.012.     
      (b) Interested individuals or entities may review the guidelines or obtain copies by contacting the HIV/STD Comprehensive Services Branch, Department of State Health Services, 1100 West 49th Street, Austin, Texas 78756-3199.     
      (c) Employers are encouraged to adopt HIV-related workplace guidelines that incorporate, at a minimum, the department guidelines referenced in this section.     
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §97.143 adopted to be effective March 16, 1994, 19 TexReg 1453; amended to be effective October 6, 1997, 22 TexReg 9677; amended to be effective March 20, 2003, 28 TexReg 2335; amended to be effective December 4, 2008, 33 TexReg 9693