Texas Administrative Code › Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES › Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES › Chapter 140 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS REGULATION › Subchapter B - PERSONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM PROVIDERS PROGRAM › Section 140.31 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise.
(1) Act--Texas Health and
				  Safety Code, Chapter 781.
(2)
				  Administrator--The department employee designated as the administrator of the
				  regulatory activities authorized by the Act.
(3) Applicant--A person or entity who applies
				  for a license or registration to provide personal emergency response system
				  services under the Act.
(4) Branch
				  office license--A place of business, other than the principal place of business
				  as shown in department records, from which business is conducted, solicited, or
				  advertised.
(5) Business entity--A
				  business operating under any legal business structure.
(6) Client--A person who has entered into a
				  contract to receive personal emergency response system services in return for
				  financial or other considerations.
(7) Commissioner--The Commissioner of the
				  Department of State Health Services.
(8) Contract--An agreement between a person
				  or company regulated under this chapter and a client. Such contracts may be
				  oral or written, or in any combination thereof.
(9) Department--The Department of State
				  Health Services.
(10) Personal
				  emergency response system--An alarm system that is installed in the residence
				  of a person; monitored by an alarm systems company; designed only to permit the
				  person to signal the occurrence of a medical or personal emergency on the part
				  of the person so that the company may dispatch appropriate aid; and not part of
				  a combination of alarm systems that includes a burglar alarm or fire
				  alarm.
(11) PERS--Personal
				  emergency response system.
(12)
				  License--A license issued under the Act authorizing a person to provide
				  personal emergency response system services.
(13) Licensee--A person that has been granted
				  a license to provide personal emergency response system services in accordance
				  with the Act.
(14) Registrant--A
				  person that has been granted a registration to provide personal emergency
				  response system services in accordance with the Act.
(15) Registration--A registration issued
				  under the Act authorizing a person to provide personal emergency response
				  system services.
(16)
				  Shareholder--Any individual holding stock in a licensee who is actively
				  involved in the normal course of operation and business of the licensee and
				  shall not include those individuals who only hold stock in the licensee solely
				  for the purposes of investment.
(17) Security salesperson--Any individual who
				  is employed by a security services contractor to sell services offered by the
				  contractor, and enters a client's residence at any time during the person's
				  employment.
(18) Advertising--The
				  direct solicitation for business which requires a license or registration to
				  provide personal emergency response system services and involving more than a
				  mere listing of a licensee's name, address, and telephone number.