Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 242.301 — DEFINITIONS

HS § 242.301Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES · Part B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES · Ch. 242. CONVALESCENT AND NURSING FACILITIES AND RELATED INSTITUTIONS · Art. I. NURSING FACILITY ADMINISTRATION

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In this subchapter:

(1)"Board" means the Texas Board of Nursing Facility Administrators.

(2)"Nursing facility" means an institution or facility that is licensed as a nursing home, nursing facility, or skilled nursing facility by the department under this chapter.

(3)"Nursing facility administrator" or "administrator" means a person who engages in the practice of nursing facility administration, without regard to whether the person has an ownership interest in the facility or whether the functions and duties are shared with any other person.

(4)"Practice of nursing facility administration" means the performance of the acts of administering, managing, supervising, or being in general administrative charge of a nursing facility.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1280, Sec. 2.01.