Sec. 257.001. DEFINITIONS

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In this chapter:
(1) "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.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 742 , Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.

                    
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