Sec. 781.001. DEFINITIONS

In this chapter:

(1) "Alarm system" means electronic equipment and devices designed to act as a personal emergency response system.

(2) "Branch office" means an office that:

(A) is identified to the public as a place from which business is conducted, solicited, or advertised; and

(B) is at a place other than the principal place of business as shown in department records.

(3) "Commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.

(4) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.

(5) "Manager" means an officer or supervisor of a corporation or a general partner of a partnership who manages a personal emergency response system provider.

(6) "Personal emergency response system" means an alarm system that is:

(A) installed in the residence of a person;

(B) monitored by an alarm systems company;

(C) designed only to permit the person to signal the occurrence of a medical or personal emergency on the part of the person so that the company may dispatch appropriate aid; and

(D) not part of a combination of alarm systems that includes a burglar alarm or fire alarm.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 808 , Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2005.