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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 311.021: DEFINITION.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES
- SUBTITLE F. POWERS AND DUTIES OF HOSPITALS
- CHAPTER 311. POWERS AND DUTIES OF HOSPITALS
- SUBCHAPTER B. EMERGENCY SERVICES
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.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
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