Texas Health and Safety Code 1003.051 – Definitions
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Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 1003.051
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
- United States: includes a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005
In this subchapter:
(1) “Investigational stem cell treatment” means an adult stem cell treatment that:
(A) is under investigation in a clinical trial and being administered to human participants in that trial; and
(B) has not yet been approved for general use by the United States Food and Drug Administration.
(2) “Severe chronic disease” means a condition, injury, or illness that:
(A) may be treated;
(B) is never cured or eliminated; and
(C) entails significant functional impairment or severe pain.
(3) “Terminal illness” means an advanced stage of a disease with an unfavorable prognosis that, without life-sustaining procedures, will soon result in death or a state of permanent unconsciousness from which recovery is unlikely.