Texas Education Code 61.9801 – Definitions
Terms Used In Texas Education Code 61.9801
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
In this subchapter:
(1) “Emergency and trauma care education partnership” means a partnership that:
(A) consists of one or more hospitals in this state and one or more graduate professional nursing or graduate medical education programs in this state; and
(B) serves to increase training opportunities in emergency and trauma care for doctors and registered nurses at participating graduate medical education and graduate professional nursing programs.
(2) “Participating education program” means a graduate professional nursing program as that term is defined by § 54.221 or a graduate medical education program leading to board certification by the American Board of Medical Specialties that participates in an emergency and trauma care education partnership.