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Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 242.841. Definitions

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

In this subchapter:

(1) “Authorized electronic monitoring” means the placement of an electronic monitoring device in the room of a resident of an institution and making tapes or recordings with the device after making a request to the institution to allow electronic monitoring.

(2) “Electronic monitoring device”:

(A) includes:

(i) video surveillance cameras installed in the room of a resident; and

(ii) audio devices installed in the room of a resident designed to acquire communications or other sounds occurring in the room; and

(B) does not include an interception device that is specifically used for the nonconsensual interception of wire or electronic communications.

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