{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-244.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 244.004","heading":"EXEMPTIONS FROM LICENSING REQUIREMENT.","body":"The following facilities need not be licensed under this chapter:\n(1) a licensed hospital;\n(2) a licensed nursing home; or\n(3) a licensed ambulatory surgical center.\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 244. BIRTHING CENTERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.244.htm#244.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"001fe592e63ed22752c1e6a7f6099aacd14d14198bcbba2091e22596a860a5fa","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-244.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-244.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}