Definitions

Sec. 257.001. DEFINITIONS. 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. 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.