Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 260C.001
Definitions


In this chapter:

(1)

“Health care facility” means:

(A)

a home and community support services agency licensed under Chapter 142 (Home and Community Support Services);

(B)

a hospital licensed under Chapter 241 (Hospitals);

(C)

a nursing facility licensed under Chapter 242 (Convalescent and Nursing Facilities and Related Institutions);

(D)

a continuing care facility regulated under Chapter 246 (Continuing Care Facilities);

(E)

an assisted living facility licensed under Chapter 247 (Assisted Living Facilities); or

(F)

a special care facility licensed under Chapter 248 (Special Care Facilities).

(2)

“Public health emergency” means:

(A)

a state of disaster or local disaster declared under Chapter 418 (Emergency Management), Government Code; or

(B)

a public health disaster as defined by Section 81.003 (Definitions).

(3)

“Religious counselor” means an individual acting substantially in a pastoral or religious capacity to provide spiritual counsel to other individuals.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 519 (S.B. 572), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2021.

Source: Section 260C.001 — Definitions, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­260C.­htm#260C.­001 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 260C.001’s source at texas​.gov