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Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 96.001. Definitions

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

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(1) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., ch. 1 (S.B. 219), § 3.1639(37).

(2) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., ch. 1 (S.B. 219), § 3.1639(37).

(3) “Health facility” includes:

(A) a general or special hospital licensed by the department under Chapter 241;

(B) a physician-owned or physician-operated clinic;

(C) a publicly or privately funded medical school;

(D) a state hospital operated by the department or a state supported living center operated by the Department of Aging and Disability Services;

(E) a public health clinic conducted by a local health unit, health department, or public health district organized and recognized under Chapter 121;  and

(F) another facility specified by a rule adopted by the executive commissioner.

(4) “Local health unit” has the meaning assigned by Section 121.004.

(5) “RSV” means respiratory syncytial virus.

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