Sec. 222.002. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of state health services.
(3) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.
(3-a) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.
(4) "Hospital" includes a public health center, a general hospital, or a tuberculosis, mental, chronic disease, or other type of hospital, and related facilities such as a laboratory, outpatient department, nurses' home and training facility, or central service facility operated in connection with a hospital.
(5) "Public health center" means a publicly owned facility for providing public health services and includes related facilities such as a laboratory, clinic, or administrative office operated in connection with a facility for providing public health services.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0566, eff. April 2, 2015.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle A - Financing, Constructing, Regulating, and Inspecting Health Facilities
Chapter 222 - Health Care Facility Survey, Construction, Inspection, and Regulation
Subchapter A. Survey and Construction of Hospitals
Section 222.005. Survey, Planning, and Construction of Hospitals
Section 222.007. Agreements for Use of Facilities and Services of Other Entities