Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 331.001
Definitions


In this chapter:

(1)

“Commission” means the Health and Human Services Commission.

(2)

“Committee” means the workplace violence prevention committee or other committee responsible for developing a facility’s workplace violence prevention plan under Section 331.002 (Workplace Violence Prevention Committee).

(3)

“Facility” means:

(A)

a home and community support services agency licensed or licensed and certified under Chapter 142 (Home and Community Support Services) to provide home health services as defined by Section 142.001 (Definitions) that employs at least two registered nurses;

(B)

a hospital licensed under Chapter 241 (Hospitals) and a hospital maintained or operated by an agency of this state that is exempt from licensing under that chapter;

(C)

a nursing facility licensed under Chapter 242 (Convalescent and Nursing Facilities and Related Institutions) that employs at least two registered nurses;

(D)

an ambulatory surgical center licensed under Chapter 243 (Ambulatory Surgical Centers);

(E)

a freestanding emergency medical care facility as defined by Section 254.001 (Definitions); and

(F)

a mental hospital licensed under Chapter 577 (Private Mental Hospitals and Other Mental Health Facilities).
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 31 (S.B. 240), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.

Source: Section 331.001 — Definitions, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­331.­htm#331.­001 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 331.001’s source at texas​.gov