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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
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Title 2. HEALTH |
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Subtitle D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES |
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Chapter 96. RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS |
Sec. 96.001. DEFINITIONS
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In this chapter:
(1) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.
(2) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.
(3) "Health facility" includes:
(A) a general or special hospital licensed by the department under Chapter 241;
(B) a physician-owned or physician-operated clinic;
(C) a publicly or privately funded medical school;
(D) a state hospital or state school maintained and managed by the Department of State Health Services or the Department of Aging and Disability Services;
(E) a public health clinic conducted by a local health unit, health department, or public health district organized and recognized under Chapter 121; and
(F) another facility specified by a rule adopted by the executive commissioner.
(4) "Local health unit" has the meaning assigned by Section 121.004.
(5) "RSV" means respiratory syncytial virus.