TX Health & Safety Code § 462.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle B - Alcohol and Substance Abuse Programs|Chapter 462 - Treatment of Persons With Chemical Dependencies|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 462.001. Definitions

Sec. 462.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Applicant" means a person who files an application for emergency detention, protective custody, or commitment of a person with a chemical dependency.(2)  "Certificate" means a sworn certificate of medical examination for chemical dependency executed under this chapter.(3)  "Chemical dependency" means:(A)  the abuse of alcohol or a controlled substance;(B)  psychological or physical dependence on alcohol or a controlled substance;  or(C)  addiction to alcohol or a controlled substance.(4)  Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(88), eff. April 2, 2015.(5)  "Controlled substance" means a:(A)  toxic inhalant;  or(B)  substance designated as a controlled substance by Chapter 481 (Texas Controlled Substances Act).(5-a)  "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.(5-b)  "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.(6)  "Legal holiday" means a state holiday listed in Section 662.021, Government Code, or an officially declared county holiday applicable to a court in which proceedings under this chapter are held.(7)  "Proposed patient" means a person named in an application for emergency detention, protective custody, or commitment under this chapter.(8)  "Toxic inhalant" means a gaseous substance that is inhaled by a person to produce a desired physical or psychological effect and that may cause personal injury or illness to the inhaler.(9)  "Treatment" means the initiation and promotion of a person's chemical-free status or the maintenance of a person free of illegal drugs.(10)  "Treatment facility" means a public or private hospital, a detoxification facility, a primary care facility, an intensive care facility, a long-term care facility, an outpatient care facility, a community mental health center, a health maintenance organization, a recovery center, a halfway house, an ambulatory care facility, another facility that is required to be licensed by the department under Chapter 464, a facility licensed by the department under Title 7, or a facility operated by the department under Title 7 that has been designated by the department to provide chemical dependency treatment.  The term does not include an educational program for intoxicated drivers or the individual office of a private, licensed health care practitioner who personally renders private individual or group services within the scope of the practitioner's license and in the practitioner's office.|Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 175, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 671, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 1993;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(15), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1160, eff. April 2, 2015.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1639(88), eff. April 2, 2015.|