{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-243.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 243.004","heading":"EXEMPTIONS FROM LICENSING REQUIREMENT.","body":"The following facilities need not be licensed under this chapter:\n(1) an office or clinic of a licensed physician, dentist, or podiatrist;\n(2) a licensed nursing home; or\n(3) a licensed hospital.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","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#243.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"cf4daec6df600fffae8de29fca3b2a631cd8a0782a9d969024baf9a1dcadaa08","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-243.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-243.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}