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Texas Family Code - FAM § 262.301. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

In this chapter:

(1) “Designated emergency infant care provider” means:

(A) an emergency medical services provider;

(B) a hospital;

(C) a freestanding emergency medical care facility licensed under Chapter 254, Health and Safety Code;

(D) a child-placing agency licensed under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, that:

(i) agrees to act as a designated emergency infant care provider under this subchapter; and

(ii) has on staff a person who is licensed as a registered nurse under Chapter 301, Occupations Code, or who provides emergency medical services under Chapter 773, Health and Safety Code, and who will examine and provide emergency medical services to a child taken into possession by the agency under this subchapter; or

(E) a fire department.

(2) “Emergency medical services provider” has the meaning assigned that term by Section 773.003, Health and Safety Code.

(3) “Fire department” means a department of a local government that is organized to prevent or suppress fires and is staffed 24 hours a day by employees of the local government.

(4) “Newborn safety device” means a device installed by a designated emergency infant care provider in compliance with Section 262.3025.

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