Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 323.001. Definitions

(1) “Commission” means the Health and Human Services Commission.

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

(3) “Health care facility” means a general or special hospital licensed under Chapter 241, a general or special hospital owned by this state, or a freestanding emergency medical care facility licensed under Chapter 254.

(3-a) “SAFE-ready facility” means a health care facility designated as a sexual assault forensic exam-ready facility under Section 323.0015. The term includes a SAFE program designated as a SAFE-ready facility under Section 323.052.

(3-b) “SAFE program” has the meaning assigned by Section 323.051.

(4) “Sexual assault” means any act as described by Section 22.011 or 22.021, Penal Code.

(4-a) “Sexual assault forensic examiner” means a certified sexual assault nurse examiner or a physician with specialized training on conducting a forensic medical examination.

(5) “Sexual assault survivor” means an individual who is a victim of a sexual assault, regardless of whether a report is made or a conviction is obtained in the incident.