Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 87.001 — DEFINITIONS

HS § 87.001Title 2. HEALTH · Part D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES · Ch. 87. BIRTH DEFECTS · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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In this chapter:

(1)"Birth defect" means a physical or mental functional deficit or impairment in a human embryo, fetus, or newborn resulting from one or more genetic or environmental causes.

(2)"Communicable disease" has the meaning assigned by Section 81.003.

(3)Repealed by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 8.134, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

(4)"Environmental causes" means the sum total of all the conditions and elements that make up the surroundings and influence the development of an individual.

(5)Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(33), eff. April 2, 2015.

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0293, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1639(33), eff. April 2, 2015.