Texas Health and Safety Code 321.001 – Definitions
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 321.001
- 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 chapter:
(1) “Comprehensive medical rehabilitation” means the provision of rehabilitation services that are designed to improve or minimize a person‘s physical or cognitive disabilities, maximize a person’s functional ability, or restore a person’s lost functional capacity through close coordination of services, communication, interaction, and integration among several professions that share the responsibility to achieve team treatment goals for the person.
(1-a) “Executive commissioner” means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.
(2) “Hospital” has the meaning assigned by § 241.003.
(3) “License” means a state agency permit, certificate, approval, registration, or other form of permission required by state law.
(4) “Mental health facility” has the meaning assigned by § 571.003.
(5) “State health care regulatory agency” means a state agency that licenses a health care professional.
(6) “Treatment facility” has the meaning assigned by § 464.001.