Tex. Occ. Code § 107.002 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEFINITIONS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) 'Board' means the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners.
(2) 'Intractable pain' means a state of pain for which:
(A) the cause of the pain cannot be removed or otherwise treated; and
(B) in the generally accepted course of medical practice, relief or cure of the cause of the pain:
(i) is not possible; or
(ii) has not been found after reasonable efforts.
(3) 'Physician' means a physician licensed by the board.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14.002(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.107.htm
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- sha256 5ae29cb5c56b77ee9032c2d235d27982d6ccbbb89bcdf8f1055f8aec914bb63f
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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