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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
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Title 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES |
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Subtitle B. ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS |
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Chapter 462. TREATMENT OF CHEMICALLY DEPENDENT PERSONS |
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Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Sec. 462.001. DEFINITIONS
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In this chapter:
(1) "Applicant" means a person who files an application for emergency detention, protective custody, or commitment of a chemically dependent person.
(2) "Certificate" means a sworn certificate of medical examination for chemical dependency executed under this chapter.
(3) "Chemical dependency" means:
(A) the abuse of alcohol or a controlled substance;
(B) psychological or physical dependence on alcohol or a controlled substance; or
(C) addiction to alcohol or a controlled substance.
(4) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse.
(5) "Controlled substance" means a:
(A) toxic inhalant; or
(B) substance designated as a controlled substance by Chapter 481 (Texas Controlled Substances Act).
(6) "Legal holiday" means a state holiday listed in Section 662.021, Government Code, or an officially declared county holiday applicable to a court in which proceedings under this chapter are held.
(7) "Proposed patient" means a person named in an application for emergency detention, protective custody, or commitment under this chapter.
(8) "Toxic inhalant" means a gaseous substance that is inhaled by a person to produce a desired physical or psychological effect and that may cause personal injury or illness to the inhaler.
(9) "Treatment" means the initiation and promotion of a person's chemical-free status or the maintenance of a person free of illegal drugs.
(10) "Treatment facility" means a public or private hospital, a detoxification facility, a primary care facility, an intensive care facility, a long-term care facility, an outpatient care facility, a community mental health center, a health maintenance organization, a recovery center, a halfway house, an ambulatory care facility, another facility that is required to be licensed and approved by the commission, a facility licensed by the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, or a facility operated by the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation which has been designated by the commission to provide chemical dependency treatment. The term does not include an educational program for intoxicated drivers or the individual office of a private, licensed health care practitioner who personally renders private individual or group services within the scope of the practitioner's license and in the practitioner's office.