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Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 290.052

  • 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
  • United States: includes a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005

To be eligible to serve as a member of the commission, a person must:
(1) be a United States citizen;
(2) be 18 years of age or older on the first day of the term that the person is appointed to fill;
(3) have not been determined mentally incompetent by a final judgment of a court;
(4) have not been finally convicted of a felony from which the person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities;
(5) have resided continuously in this state for 12 months and in the county in which the district is located for six months immediately preceding the date of the appointment; and
(6) be a person knowledgeable in the field of health care.