{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-503.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 503.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(99), eff. April 2, 2015.\n(2) \"Committee\" means the Toxic Substances Coordinating Committee.\n(3) \"Department\" means the Department of State Health Services.\n(4) \"Harmful physical agent\" means a physical phenomenon, other than a toxic substance, that has or may have carcinogenic, mutagenic, teratogenic, or other harmful effects on humans, and includes:\n(A) ionizing radiation, X-rays, gamma rays, ultraviolet light, or other electromagnetic radiation; and\n(B) acoustical, thermal, or mechanical vibration.\n(5) \"Health risk assessment\" means the use of objective data to characterize the potential adverse health effects that exposure to a toxic substance or a harmful physical agent may have on a person.\n(6) \"Toxic substance\" means a substance that has or may have toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic, teratogenic, or other harmful effects on humans, and includes a product that contains a toxic substance that poses or may pose a substantial hazard to human health.\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. 3.1291, eff. April 2, 2015.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1639(99), eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES","SUBTITLE D. HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES","CHAPTER 503. HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND HARMFUL PHYSICAL AGENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.503.htm#503.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"57a79e8fb06179217d9a2723d1ad3e33c4e13b553c085622c19c54b5d71d2591","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-502.020","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-503.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}