{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-259.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 259.005","heading":"APPLICABILITY.","body":"This chapter does not apply to:\n(1) a licensed registered nurse or a licensed vocational nurse; or\n(2) the employment by a health care facility of an individual whose primary functions include the cleaning or sterilization of supplies, instruments, equipment, or operating rooms.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 321 (H.B. 643), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES","CHAPTER 259. SURGICAL TECHNOLOGISTS AT HEALTH CARE FACILITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.259.htm#259.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"2373ac6bea97cf5ccab50ad96b11add07bdfd92f3fc1f685482f5ef05a6e0128","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-259.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-259.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}