Tex. Health and Safety Code § 98.151
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§ 98.151. VIOLATIONS.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a general hospital that violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter is subject to the enforcement provisions of Subchapter C, Chapter 241, and rules adopted and enforced under that subchapter as if the hospital violated Chapter 241 or a rule adopted under that chapter.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a comprehensive medical rehabilitation hospital as defined in Section 241.003.
(c) An ambulatory surgical center that violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter is subject to the enforcement provisions of Chapter 243 and rules adopted and enforced under that chapter as if the center violated Chapter 243 or a rule adopted under that chapter.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a comprehensive medical rehabilitation hospital as defined in Section 241.003.
(c) An ambulatory surgical center that violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter is subject to the enforcement provisions of Chapter 243 and rules adopted and enforced under that chapter as if the center violated Chapter 243 or a rule adopted under that chapter.
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