Tex.
Health & Safety Code Section 89.001
Definitions
(1)
“Community corrections facility” means a facility established under Chapter 509 (Community Justice Assistance Division), Government Code.(2)
“County jail” means a facility operated by or for a county for the confinement of persons accused or convicted of an offense and includes:(A)
a facility operated by or for a county for the confinement of persons accused or convicted of an offense;(B)
a county jail or a correctional facility authorized by Subchapter F (Authority to Contract), Chapter 351 (County Jails and Law Enforcement), Local Government Code; and(C)
a county correctional center authorized by Subchapter H (Establishment), Chapter 351 (County Jails and Law Enforcement), Local Government Code.(3)
“Governing body” means:(A)
the commissioners court of a county, for a county jail;(B)
the district judges governing a community corrections facility, for a community corrections facility;(C)
the governing body of a municipality, for a jail operated by or under contract to a municipality; or(D)
the community supervision and corrections department, for a jail operated under contract to a community supervision and corrections department.(4)
“Health authority” has the meaning assigned by Section 121.021 (Health Authority).(5)
“Jail” means:(A)
a county jail; or(B)
a facility for the confinement of persons accused of an offense that is:(i)
operated by a municipality or a vendor under contract with a municipality under Subchapter F (Authority to Contract), Chapter 351 (County Jails and Law Enforcement), Local Government Code; or(ii)
operated by a vendor under contract with a community supervision and corrections department under Chapter 76 (Community Supervision and Corrections Departments), Government Code.(6)
“Local health department” means a health department created under Subchapter D (Establishment), Chapter 121 (Local Public Health Reorganization Act).(7)
“Physician” means a person licensed to practice medicine in a state of the United States.(8)
“Public health district” means a health district established under Subchapter E (Establishment), Chapter 121 (Local Public Health Reorganization Act).(9)
“Screening test” means a rapid analytical laboratory or other procedure to determine the need for further diagnostic evaluation.(10)
“Tuberculosis” means a disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis or other members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.
Source:
Section 89.001 — Definitions, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.89.htm#89.001 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
