Texas Health and Safety Code 443.001 – Definitions
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 443.001
- 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) “Consumable hemp product” means food, a drug, a device, or a cosmetic, as those terms are defined by § 431.002, that contains hemp or one or more hemp-derived cannabinoids, including cannabidiol.
(2) “Department” means the Department of State Health Services.
(3) “Establishment” means each location where a person processes hemp or manufactures a consumable hemp product.
(4) “Executive commissioner” means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.
(5) “Hemp” has the meaning assigned by § 121.001, Agriculture Code.
(6) “License” means a consumable hemp product manufacturer’s license issued under this chapter.
(7) “License holder” means an individual or business entity holding a license.
(8) “Manufacture” has the meaning assigned by § 431.002.
(9) “Process” means to extract a component of hemp, including cannabidiol or another cannabinoid, that is:
(A) sold as a consumable hemp product;
(B) offered for sale as a consumable hemp product;
(C) incorporated into a consumable hemp product; or
(D) intended to be incorporated into a consumable hemp product.
(10) “QR code” means a quick response machine-readable code that can be read by a camera, consisting of an array of black and white squares used for storing information or directing or leading a user to additional information.
(11) “Smoking” means burning or igniting a substance and inhaling the smoke or heating a substance and inhaling the resulting vapor or aerosol.