Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 258.004 — EXCEPTIONS

HS § 258.004Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES · Part B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES · Ch. 258. MANDATORY OVERTIME FOR NURSES PROHIBITED

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(a)Section 258.003 does not apply if:

(1)a health care disaster, such as a natural or other type of disaster that increases the need for health care personnel, unexpectedly affects the county in which the nurse is employed or affects a contiguous county;

(2)a federal, state, or county declaration of emergency is in effect in the county in which the nurse is employed or is in effect in a contiguous county;

(3)there is an emergency or unforeseen event of a kind that:

(A)does not regularly occur;

(B)increases the need for health care personnel at the hospital to provide safe patient care; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 742 (S.B. 476), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.