Texas Health and Safety Code 464.003 – Exemptions
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 464.003
- Justice: when applied to a magistrate, means justice of the peace. See Texas Government Code 312.011
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
This subchapter does not apply to:
(1) a facility maintained or operated by the federal government;
(2) a facility directly operated by the state;
(3) a facility licensed by the department under Chapter 241, 243, 248, 466, or 577;
(4) an educational program for intoxicated drivers;
(5) 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;
(6) an individual who personally provides counseling or support services to a person with a chemical dependency but does not offer or purport to offer a chemical dependency treatment program;
(7) a 12-step or similar self-help chemical dependency recovery program:
(A) that does not offer or purport to offer a chemical dependency treatment program;
(B) that does not charge program participants; and
(C) in which program participants may maintain anonymity;
(8) a juvenile justice facility or juvenile justice program, as defined by § 261.405, Family Code; or
(9) a satellite office or location in which the person providing services is operating under the supervision of a licensed outpatient care facility and the services delivered at the satellite site fall within the scope of the licensure of the outpatient care facility.