Tex. Health and Safety Code § 257.001: DEFINITIONS.

In this chapter:

(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.

(1-a) "Committee" means a nurse staffing committee required by this chapter.

(2) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.

(3) "Hospital" means:

(A) a general hospital or special hospital, as those terms are defined by Section 241.003, including a hospital maintained or operated by this state; or

(B) a mental hospital licensed under Chapter 577.

(4) "Patient care unit" means a unit or area of a hospital in which registered nurses provide patient care.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 742 (S.B. 476), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.

Amended by:

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 398 (H.B. 2187), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.