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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 258.001 Definitions
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Sec. 258.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission. (1-a) "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 stat…
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 258.002 Mandatory Overtime
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Sec. 258.002. MANDATORY OVERTIME. For purposes of this chapter, "mandatory overtime" means a requirement that a nurse work hours or days that are in addition to the hours or days scheduled, regardless of the length of a scheduled shift or the number of scheduled shifts each week.…
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 258.003 Prohibition of Mandatory Overtime
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Sec. 258.003. PROHIBITION OF MANDATORY OVERTIME. (a) A hospital may not require a nurse to work mandatory overtime, and a nurse may refuse to work mandatory overtime. (b) This section does not prohibit a nurse from volunteering to work overtime. (c) A hospital may not use on-call…
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 258.004 Exceptions
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Sec. 258.004. EXCEPTIONS. (a) Section 258.003 does not apply if: (1) a health care disaster, such as a natural or other type of disaster that increases the need for health care personnel, unexpectedly affects the county in which the nurse is employed or affects a contiguous count…