{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-161.091","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Human Resources Code § 161.091","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Administration of medication\" means:\n(A) removing a unit or dose of medication from a previously dispensed, properly labeled container;\n(B) verifying the medication with the medication order;\n(C) giving the proper medication in the proper dosage to the proper client at the proper time by the proper administration route; and\n(D) recording the time of administration and dosage administered.\n(2) \"Client\" means a person with an intellectual and developmental disability who is receiving services from a facility or program listed in Section 161.092.\n(3) \"Unlicensed person\" means an individual not licensed as a health care provider who provides services at or for a facility or program listed in Section 161.092, including:\n(A) a nurse aide, orderly, assistant, attendant, technician, home health aide, medication aide with a permit issued by a state agency, or other individual who provides personal health care-related services;\n(B) a person who is monetarily compensated to perform certain health-related tasks and functions in a complementary or assistive role to a licensed nurse who provides direct client care or performs common nursing functions;\n(C) a person who performs those tasks and functions as a volunteer but does not qualify as a friend providing gratuitous nursing care of the sick under Section 301.004, Occupations Code; or\n(D) a person who is a professional nursing student who provides care for monetary compensation and not as part of a formal educational program.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 677 (S.B. 1857), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.","path":["HUMAN RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 11. AGING, COMMUNITY-BASED, AND LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES","CHAPTER 161. DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER D-1. ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION FOR CLIENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.161.htm#161.091","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:18Z","sha256":"1ab667d5f0718d2c8d4cc91281ee6a9b01edf39197e15cb508fc34b97ca7b2ae","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-161.0892","next":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-161.092"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}