Tex. Health and Safety Code § 257.001
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 257.001, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 257.001. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this chapter:
(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.
(1-a) "Committee" means a nurse staffing committee required by this chapter.
(2) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.
(3) "Hospital" means:
(A) a general hospital or special hospital, as those terms are defined by Section 241.003, including a hospital maintained or operated by this state; or
(B) a mental hospital licensed under Chapter 577.
(4) "Patient care unit" means a unit or area of a hospital in which registered nurses provide patient care.
(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.
(1-a) "Committee" means a nurse staffing committee required by this chapter.
(2) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.
(3) "Hospital" means:
(A) a general hospital or special hospital, as those terms are defined by Section 241.003, including a hospital maintained or operated by this state; or
(B) a mental hospital licensed under Chapter 577.
(4) "Patient care unit" means a unit or area of a hospital in which registered nurses provide patient care.
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