{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-161.201","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.201","heading":"DEFINITION.","body":"In this subchapter, \"health care provider\" means a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the laws of this state to provide or render health care in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 707, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 161. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS","SUBCHAPTER M. MEDICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH RECORDS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.161.htm#161.201","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"18672dd90716c9278138a5af25d8b4a94bd497fabbf4ba21b082c42ea2582c1f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-161.137","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-161.202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}