Tex. Health & Safety Code § 257.001 · Chapter 257. NURSE STAFFING
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.
(1-a) "Committee" means a nurse staffing committee required by this chapter.
(2) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.
(3) "Hospital" means:
(A) a general hospital or special hospital, as those terms are defined by Section 241.003, including a hospital maintained or operated by this state; or
(B) a mental hospital licensed under Chapter 577.
(4) "Patient care unit" means a unit or area of a hospital in which registered nurses provide patient care.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 742 (S.B. 476), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 398 (H.B. 2187), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.257.htm
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