Sec. 58.252. DEFINITIONS    


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  • In this subchapter:

    (1) "Educational institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 57.021.

    (1-a) "Health center" means a federally qualified health center service delivery site.

    (2) "Library" means:

    (A) a public library or regional library system as those terms are defined by Section 441.122, Government Code;

    (B) a library operated by an institution of higher education or a school district; or

    (C) a library operated by a nonprofit corporation as defined by Section 441.221(3), Government Code.

    (3) "Private network services" means:

    (A) broadband digital service that is capable of providing transmission speeds of 45 megabits a second or greater for customer applications; and

    (B) other customized or packaged network services.

    (4) "Telemedicine center" means a facility that is equipped to transmit, by video, data, or voice service, medical information for the diagnosis or treatment of illness or disease and that is:

    (A) owned or operated by a public or not-for-profit hospital, including an academic health center; or

    (B) owned by one or more state-licensed health care practitioners and operated on a nonprofit basis.

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 831 , Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2008. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 903 , Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.