Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 241.023 — ISSUANCE OF LICENSE
HS § 241.023Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES · Part B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES · Ch. 241. HOSPITALS · Art. B. HOSPITAL LICENSES
Statute text
View on source(a)On receiving a license application and the license fee, the department shall issue a license if it finds that the applicant and the hospital comply with this chapter and the rules or standards adopted under this chapter.
(b)A license may be renewed every two years after payment of the required fee and submission of an application for license renewal that contains the information required by Section 241.022(b).
(c)Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), the department may issue a license only for the premises of a hospital and person or governmental unit named in the application. (c-1) The department may issue:
(1)one license for multiple hospitals if:
(A)all buildings in which inpatients receive hospital services and inpatient services of each of the hospitals to be included in the license are subject to the control and direction of the same governing body;
(B)all buildings in which inpatients receive hospital services are within a 30-mile radius of the main address of the applicant;
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1161 (H.B. 3357), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1286 (H.B. 2471), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0571, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 668 (H.B. 4743), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.