Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code
§ 74.001 — DEFINITIONS
CP § 74.001Title 4. LIABILITY IN TORT · Ch. 74. MEDICAL LIABILITY · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)In this chapter:
(1)"Affiliate" means a person who, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a specified person, including any direct or indirect parent or subsidiary.
(2)"Claimant" means a person, including a decedent's estate, seeking or who has sought recovery of damages in a health care liability claim. All persons claiming to have sustained damages as the result of the bodily injury or death of a single person are considered a single claimant.
(3)"Control" means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the person, whether through ownership of equity or securities, by contract, or otherwise.
(4)"Court" means any federal or state court.
(5)"Disclosure panel" means the Texas Medical Disclosure Panel.
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Legislative history
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 7 (S.B. 7), Sec. 4.02, eff. September 28, 2011. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 728 (H.B. 1403), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 30 (H.B. 446), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2023.