{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-243.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 243.002","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Ambulatory surgical center\" means a facility that operates primarily to provide surgical services to patients who do not require overnight hospital care.\n(2) \"Commissioner\" means the commissioner of state health services.\n(3) \"Department\" means the Department of State Health Services.\n(3-a) \"Executive commissioner\" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.\n(4) \"Person\" means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, or association.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0669, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES","CHAPTER 243. AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTERS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS; LICENSING AND PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.243.htm#243.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"22e09213f1cc577d3ab4f771f7c956b2d41c7bf29fe204d6b4c01bea47f836c2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-243.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-243.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}