{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-244.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 244.002","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Birthing center\" means a place, facility, or institution at which a woman is scheduled to give birth following a normal, uncomplicated pregnancy, but does not include a hospital or the residence of the woman giving birth.\n(2) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(60), eff. April 2, 2015.\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. 3.0678, eff. April 2, 2015.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1639(60), eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES","CHAPTER 244. BIRTHING CENTERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.244.htm#244.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"80fe823e3f3571a125d95a5beaf2ad32fa91664e069fe324a7067df6af485159","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-244.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-244.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}