Texas § HS.89.001 - DEFINITIONS
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§ HS.89.001. DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Community corrections facility" means a facility established under Chapter 509 , Government Code. (2) "County jail" means a facility operated by or for a county for the confinement of persons accused or convicted of an offense and includes: (A) a facility operated by or for a county for the confinement of persons accused or convicted of an offense; (B) a county jail or a correctional facility authorized by Subchapter F , Chapter 351 , Local Government Code; and (C) a county correctional center authorized by Subchapter H , Chapter 351 , Local Government Code. (3) "Governing body" means: (A) the commissioners court of a county, for a county jail; (B) the district judges governing a community corrections facility, for a community corrections facility; (C) the governing body of a municipality, for a jail operated by or under contract to a municipality; or (D) the community supervision and corrections department, for a jail operated under contract to a community supervision and corrections department. (4) "Health authority" has the meaning assigned by Section 121.021 . (5) "Jail" means: (A) a county jail; or (B) a facility for the confinement of persons accused of an offense that is: (i) operated by a municipality or a vendor under contract with a municipality under Subchapter F , Chapter 351 , Local Government Code; or (ii) operated by a vendor under contract with a community supervision and corrections department under Chapter 76 , Government Code. (6) "Local health department" means a health department created under Subchapter D , Chapter 121 . (7) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine in a state of the United States. (8) "Public health district" means a health district established under Subchapter E , Chapter 121 . (9) "Screening test" means a rapid analytical laboratory or other procedure to determine the need for further diagnostic evaluation. (10) "Tuberculosis" means a disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis or other members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 786, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 7.07, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 348, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219 ), Sec. 3.0309, eff. April 2, 2015.
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