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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 89.101: DEFINITIONS.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 2. HEALTH
- SUBTITLE D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES
- CHAPTER 89. SCREENING AND TREATMENT FOR TUBERCULOSIS IN JAILS AND OTHER CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
- SUBCHAPTER E. CONTINUITY OF CARE
In this subchapter:
(1) "Corrections facility" means:
(A) a jail or community corrections facility, without regard to whether the jail or facility satisfies the requirements of Section 89.002;
(B) any correctional facility operated by or under contract with a division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; or
(C) a detention facility operated by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.
(2) "Offender" means a juvenile or adult who is arrested or charged with a criminal offense.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 348, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0313, eff. April 2, 2015.
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