Texas Health and Safety Code 311.021 – Definition
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Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 311.021
- 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
In this subchapter, “emergency services” means services that are usually and customarily available at a hospital and that must be provided immediately to:
(1) sustain a person‘s life;
(2) prevent serious permanent disfigurement or loss or impairment of the function of a body part or organ; or
(3) provide for the care of a woman in active labor or, if the hospital is not equipped for that service, to provide necessary treatment to allow the woman to travel to a more appropriate facility without undue risk of serious harm.