Tex. Health and Safety Code § 263.050
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 263.050, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 263.050. DISPENSARIES AND CLINICS.
Official statutory text
(a) The board of managers may establish and operate:
(1) an outpatient department or a free dispensary and clinic at the hospital or in the municipality located nearest the hospital; and
(2) a branch dispensary or clinic in a municipality that is located in the county and that has 5,000 or more inhabitants.
(b) The board of managers shall appoint a physician to serve at the dispensary or clinic, determine the time that the physician is required to spend at the dispensary or clinic, and fix the salary, if any, of the physician.
(c) The board of managers shall appoint a trained visiting nurse to serve in connection with the dispensary or clinic and the hospital. The board shall fix the salary of the nurse within the limits of the appropriation made for the salary by the commissioners court.
(1) an outpatient department or a free dispensary and clinic at the hospital or in the municipality located nearest the hospital; and
(2) a branch dispensary or clinic in a municipality that is located in the county and that has 5,000 or more inhabitants.
(b) The board of managers shall appoint a physician to serve at the dispensary or clinic, determine the time that the physician is required to spend at the dispensary or clinic, and fix the salary, if any, of the physician.
(c) The board of managers shall appoint a trained visiting nurse to serve in connection with the dispensary or clinic and the hospital. The board shall fix the salary of the nurse within the limits of the appropriation made for the salary by the commissioners court.
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