Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 251.001. Definitions

(1) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., ch. 1 (S.B. 219), § 3.1639(66).

(2) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of state health services.

(3) “Department” means the Department of State Health Services.

(4) “Dialysis” means a process by which dissolved substances are removed from a patient's body by diffusion from one fluid compartment to another across a semipermeable membrane.

(5) “Dialysis technician” means an individual who is not a registered nurse or physician and who provides dialysis care under the supervision of a registered nurse or physician.

(6) “End stage renal disease” means that stage of renal impairment that appears irreversible and permanent and that requires a regular course of dialysis or kidney transplantation to maintain life.

(7) “End stage renal disease facility” means a facility that provides dialysis treatment or dialysis training to individuals with end stage renal disease.

(7-a) “Executive commissioner” means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.

(8) “Medical review board” means a medical review board that:

(9) “Physician” means an individual who is licensed to practice medicine under Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code.