Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 92.001 — DEFINITIONS

HS § 92.001Title 2. HEALTH · Part D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES · Ch. 92. INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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In this chapter:

(1)"Injury" means damage to the body that results from intentional or unintentional acute exposure to thermal, mechanical, electrical, or chemical energy or from the absence of essentials such as heat or oxygen.

(2)"Reportable injury" means an injury or condition required to be reported under this subchapter.

(3)"Traumatic brain injury" means an acquired injury to the brain, including brain injuries caused by anoxia due to near drowning. The term does not include brain dysfunction caused by congenital or degenerative disorders or birth trauma.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Renumbered from Health & Safety Code Sec. 87.001 by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 17.01(18), eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Renumbered from Health and Safety Code Sec. 88.001 by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 31.01(53), eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 893, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1088, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.