{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-487.601","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 487.601","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Physician\" means a person licensed to practice medicine in this state under Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code.\n(2) \"Relief services\" means the temporary coverage of a physician's practice by another physician for a predetermined time during the physician's absence and before the physician's return.\n(3) \"Rural\" means:\n(A) a community located in a county with a population not greater than 50,000;\n(B) an area designated under state or federal law as:\n(i) a health professional shortage area; or\n(ii) a medically underserved area; or\n(C) a medically underserved community designated by the department.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 609, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (H.B. 1918), Sec. 75, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE F. COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT","CHAPTER 487. OFFICE OF RURAL AFFAIRS IN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","SUBCHAPTER N. RURAL PHYSICIAN RELIEF PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.487.htm#487.601","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"b8eed7c05a91395c7cbe75e7791b01711b634e01ccfc50b2bec0f21dcaca430d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-487.560","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-487.602"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}