In this subchapter:

1. (1) "Medically underserved community" means:

   1. (A) a community located in an area in this state with a medically underserved population;
   2. (B) a community located in an area in this state designated by the United States secretary of health and human services as an area with a shortage of personal health services;
   3. (C) a population group designated by the United States secretary of health and human services as having a shortage of personal health services;
   4. (D) a community designated under state or federal law as a medically underserved community; or
   5. (E) a community that the department considers to be medically underserved based on relevant demographic, geographic, and environmental factors.
2. (2) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine in this state.
3. (3) "Primary care" means physician services in family practice, general practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, or gynecology.
4. (4) "Start-up money" means a payment made by a medically underserved community for reasonable costs incurred by a physician to establish a medical office and ancillary facilities for diagnosing and treating patients.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1424, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (H.B. 1918), Sec. 44, eff. September 1, 2009.