(a) In this section, "personal emergency response system" means an alarm system that is:
- (1) installed in the residence of a person;
- (2) monitored by an alarm systems company;
- (3) 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
- (4) not part of a combination of alarm systems that includes a burglar alarm or fire alarm.
(b) This chapter does not apply to:
- (1) an alarm systems company that sells, installs, services, monitors, or responds to only personal emergency response systems;
- (2) an alarm systems installer who installs, maintains, or repairs only personal emergency response systems;
- (3) a manager or branch office manager of an alarm systems company described by Subdivision (1);
- (4) a security salesperson who is employed by an alarm systems company described by Subdivision (1) to sell services offered by the company; and
- (5) an owner, officer, partner, or shareholder of an alarm systems company described by Subdivision (1).
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 808 (S.B. 568), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2005.