Tex.
Health & Safety Code Section 462.001
Definitions
(1)
“Applicant” means a person who files an application for emergency detention, protective custody, or commitment of a person with a chemical dependency.(2)
“Certificate” means a sworn certificate of medical examination for chemical dependency executed under this chapter.(3)
“Chemical dependency” means:(A)
the abuse of alcohol or a controlled substance;(B)
psychological or physical dependence on alcohol or a controlled substance; or(C)
addiction to alcohol or a controlled substance.(4)
Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(88), eff. April 2, 2015.(5)
“Controlled substance” means a:(A)
toxic inhalant; or(B)
substance designated as a controlled substance by Chapter 481 (Texas Controlled Substances Act).(5-a)
“Department” means the Department of State Health Services.(5-b)
“Executive commissioner” means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.(6)
“Legal holiday” means a state holiday listed in Section 662.021 (Dates of Holidays), Government Code, or an officially declared county holiday applicable to a court in which proceedings under this chapter are held.(7)
“Proposed patient” means a person named in an application for emergency detention, protective custody, or commitment under this chapter.(8)
“Toxic inhalant” means a gaseous substance that is inhaled by a person to produce a desired physical or psychological effect and that may cause personal injury or illness to the inhaler.(9)
“Treatment” means the initiation and promotion of a person’s chemical-free status or the maintenance of a person free of illegal drugs.(10)
“Treatment facility” means a public or private hospital, a detoxification facility, a primary care facility, an intensive care facility, a long-term care facility, an outpatient care facility, a community mental health center, a health maintenance organization, a recovery center, a halfway house, an ambulatory care facility, another facility that is required to be licensed by the department under Chapter 464 (Facilities Treating Persons with a Chemical Dependency), a facility licensed by the department under Title 7, or a facility operated by the department under Title 7 that has been designated by the department to provide chemical dependency treatment. The term does not include an educational program for intoxicated drivers or the individual office of a private, licensed health care practitioner who personally renders private individual or group services within the scope of the practitioner’s license and in the practitioner’s office.
Source:
Section 462.001 — Definitions, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.462.htm#462.001 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
