Section 323.001 - Definitions In this subchapter:
(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.(2) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.(3) "Health care facility" means a general or special hospital licensed under Chapter 241, a general or special hospital owned by this state, or a freestanding emergency medical care facility licensed under Chapter 254.(3-a) "SAFE-ready facility" means a health care facility designated as a sexual assault forensic exam-ready facility under Section 323.0015. The term includes a SAFE program designated as a SAFE-ready facility under Section 323.052.(3-b) "SAFE program" has the meaning assigned by Section 323.051.(4) "Sexual assault" means any act as described by Section 22.011 or 22.021, Penal Code.(4-a) "Sexual assault forensic examiner" means a certified sexual assault nurse examiner or a physician with specialized training on conducting a forensic medical examination.(5) "Sexual assault survivor" means an individual who is a victim of a sexual assault, regardless of whether a report is made or a conviction is obtained in the incident.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 323.001
Amended by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 822,Sec. 11, eff. 9/1/2021.Subchapter heading added by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 822,Sec. 10, eff. 9/1/2021.Chapter heading amended by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 822,Sec. 9, eff. 9/1/2021.Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1063,Sec. 7, eff. 9/1/2017.Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1063,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2017.Renumbered from Health and Safety Code, Section 322.001 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921, Sec. 17.001(47), eff. 9/1/2007.Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 934, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2005.