Definiciones clave sobre salud y seguridad en Texas

121.021. Statute text rendered on: 9/10/2024 - 488 - HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE (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.