Definitions

Sec. 487.201. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Medically underserved community" means: (A) a community located in an area in this state with a medically underserved population; (B) a community located in an area in this state designated by the United States secretary of health and human services as an area with a shortage of personal health services; (C) a population group designated by the United States secretary of health and human services as having a shortage of personal health services; (D) a community designated under state or federal law as a medically underserved community; or (E) a community that the department considers to be medically underserved based on relevant demographic, geographic, and environmental factors. (2) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine in this state. (3) "Primary care" means physician services in family practice, general practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, or gynecology. (4) "Start-up money" means a payment made by a medically underserved community for reasonable costs incurred by a physician to establish a medical office and ancillary facilities for diagnosing and treating patients. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1424, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (H.B. 1918), Sec. 44, eff. September 1, 2009.