Tex. Health and Safety Code § 167A.001
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 167A.001, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 167A.001. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this chapter:
(1) "Health care practitioner" means a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse licensed to practice in this state.
(2) "Patient's legally authorized representative" means:
(A) a parent, managing conservator, or guardian of a patient, if the patient is a minor;
(B) a guardian of the patient, if the patient has been adjudicated incompetent to manage the patient's personal affairs; or
(C) an agent of the patient authorized under a durable power of attorney for health care.
(3) "Pelvic examination" means a physical examination by a health care practitioner of a patient's external and internal reproductive organs, genitalia, or rectum.
(1) "Health care practitioner" means a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse licensed to practice in this state.
(2) "Patient's legally authorized representative" means:
(A) a parent, managing conservator, or guardian of a patient, if the patient is a minor;
(B) a guardian of the patient, if the patient has been adjudicated incompetent to manage the patient's personal affairs; or
(C) an agent of the patient authorized under a durable power of attorney for health care.
(3) "Pelvic examination" means a physical examination by a health care practitioner of a patient's external and internal reproductive organs, genitalia, or rectum.
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