Tex.
Health & Safety Code Section 247.004
Exemptions
(1)
a boarding home facility as defined by Section 260.001 (Definitions);(2)
an establishment conducted by or for the adherents of the Church of Christ, Scientist, for the purpose of providing facilities for the care or treatment of the sick who depend exclusively on prayer or spiritual means for healing without the use of any drug or material remedy if the establishment complies with local safety, sanitary, and quarantine ordinances and regulations;(3)
a facility conducted by or for the adherents of a qualified religious society classified as a tax-exempt organization under an Internal Revenue Service group exemption ruling for the purpose of providing personal care services without charge solely for the society’s professed members or ministers in retirement, if the facility complies with local safety, sanitation, and quarantine ordinances and regulations; or(4)
a facility that provides personal care services only to persons enrolled in a program that:(A)
is funded in whole or in part by the department and that is monitored by the department or its designated local intellectual and developmental disability authority in accordance with department rules; or(B)
is funded in whole or in part by the Department of State Health Services and that is monitored by that department, or by its designated local mental health authority in accordance with department rules.
Source:
Section 247.004 — Exemptions, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.247.htm#247.004 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
