In this chapter:
- (1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.
- (1-a) "Committee" means a nurse staffing committee required by this chapter.
- (2) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.
(3) "Hospital" means:
- (A) a general hospital or special hospital, as those terms are defined by Section 241.003, including a hospital maintained or operated by this state; or
- (B) a mental hospital licensed under Chapter 577.
- (4) "Patient care unit" means a unit or area of a hospital in which registered nurses provide patient care.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 742 (S.B. 476), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 398 (H.B. 2187), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.