Tex. Family Code § 262.301
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 262.301, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 262.301. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this chapter:
(1) "Designated emergency infant care provider" means:
(A) an emergency medical services provider;
(B) a hospital;
(C) a freestanding emergency medical care facility licensed under Chapter 254, Health and Safety Code;
(D) a child-placing agency licensed under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, that:
(i) agrees to act as a designated emergency infant care provider under this subchapter; and
(ii) has on staff a person who is licensed as a registered nurse under Chapter 301, Occupations Code, or who provides emergency medical services under Chapter 773, Health and Safety Code, and who will examine and provide emergency medical services to a child taken into possession by the agency under this subchapter; or
(E) a fire department.
(2) "Emergency medical services provider" has the meaning assigned that term by Section 773.003, Health and Safety Code.
(3) "Fire department" means a department of a local government that is organized to prevent or suppress fires and is staffed 24 hours a day by employees of the local government.
(4) "Newborn safety device" means a device installed by a designated emergency infant care provider in compliance with Section 262.3025.
(1) "Designated emergency infant care provider" means:
(A) an emergency medical services provider;
(B) a hospital;
(C) a freestanding emergency medical care facility licensed under Chapter 254, Health and Safety Code;
(D) a child-placing agency licensed under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, that:
(i) agrees to act as a designated emergency infant care provider under this subchapter; and
(ii) has on staff a person who is licensed as a registered nurse under Chapter 301, Occupations Code, or who provides emergency medical services under Chapter 773, Health and Safety Code, and who will examine and provide emergency medical services to a child taken into possession by the agency under this subchapter; or
(E) a fire department.
(2) "Emergency medical services provider" has the meaning assigned that term by Section 773.003, Health and Safety Code.
(3) "Fire department" means a department of a local government that is organized to prevent or suppress fires and is staffed 24 hours a day by employees of the local government.
(4) "Newborn safety device" means a device installed by a designated emergency infant care provider in compliance with Section 262.3025.
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