Texas Occupations Code

§ 107.002 — DEFINITIONS

OC § 107.002Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part A. PROVISIONS APPLYING TO HEALTH PROFESSIONS GENERALLY · Ch. 107. INTRACTABLE PAIN TREATMENT · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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In this chapter:

(1)'Board' means the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners.

(2)'Intractable pain' means a state of pain for which:

(A)the cause of the pain cannot be removed or otherwise treated; and

(B)in the generally accepted course of medical practice, relief or cure of the cause of the pain:

(i)is not possible; or

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14.002(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.