Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 312.002. Definitions

(1) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., ch. 1 (S.B. 219), § 3.1639(70).

(2) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., ch. 1 (S.B. 219), § 3.1639(70).

(3) “Coordinating entity” means a nonprofit corporation under the Texas Nonprofit Corporation Law as described by Section 1.008(d), Business Organizations Code, that is a health organization approved and certified by the Texas Medical Board under Chapter 162, Occupations Code.

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

(4) “Medical and dental unit” has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code.

(5) “Public hospital” means a hospital, clinic, or other facility for the provision of health care or dental care that is owned or operated by the federal government, the state, or a political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state, including a hospital district or authority.

(6) “Supported medical or dental school” means a medical school or dental school organized as a nonprofit corporation that is under contract with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to provide educational services under Subchapter D, Chapter 61, Education Code.