Tex. Health & Safety Code § 259.005 · Chapter 259. SURGICAL TECHNOLOGISTS AT HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

APPLICABILITY.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

This chapter does not apply to:

(1) a licensed registered nurse or a licensed vocational nurse; or

(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.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 321 (H.B. 643), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.259.htm
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