Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 222.002 — DEFINITIONS

HS § 222.002Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES · Part A. FINANCING, CONSTRUCTING, REGULATING, AND INSPECTING · Ch. 222. HEALTH CARE FACILITY SURVEY, CONSTRUCTION, INSPECTION, AND REGULATION · Art. A. SURVEY AND CONSTRUCTION OF HOSPITALS

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In this subchapter:

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

(3)"Department" means the Department of State Health Services. (3-a) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.

(4)"Hospital" includes a public health center, a general hospital, or a tuberculosis, mental, chronic disease, or other type of hospital, and related facilities such as a laboratory, outpatient department, nurses' home and training facility, or central service facility operated in connection with a hospital.

(5)"Public health center" means a publicly owned facility for providing public health services and includes related facilities such as a laboratory, clinic, or administrative office operated in connection with a facility for providing public health services. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by:

Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0566, eff. April 2, 2015.