The terms in this section have the following meanings when used in this chapter unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

1. (1) Act--Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 487.
2. (2) Application--Includes an original application for a registration or license, or an application to renew a registration or license, issued under the Act.
3. (3) Department--The Texas Department of Public Safety.
4. (4) Director--An individual, including any owner, involved in decisions governing the operation or daily functions of the licensed dispensing organization.
5. (5) Dispensing organization--An organization licensed to perform the regulated functions of cultivation, processing, and dispensing of low-THC cannabis.
6. (6) Employee--An individual engaged by or contracting with a licensee to assist with any regulated function, whether or not compensated by salary or wage.
7. (7) Licensee--An organization licensed under the Act.
8. (8) Manager--An individual employed or otherwise engaged by a dispensing organization to supervise others in any portion of the regulated functions and processes.
9. (9) Prescription--An entry in the compassionate-use registry that meets the requirements of Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 169.
10. (10) Product--Any form of low-THC cannabis that is cultivated, handled, transported, processed, or dispensed, or raw materials used in or by-products created by the production or cultivation of low-THC cannabis.
11. (11) Registrant--An individual registered with the department as a director, manager, or employee of a licensee; this term does not include a physician registered as a prescriber of low-THC cannabis.
12. (12) Regulated premises--The physical areas under the control of a licensee, in which low-THC cannabis is cultivated, handled, transported, processed, or dispensed.
13. (13) SOAH--State Office of Administrative Hearings.

Source Note:The provisions of this §12.1 adopted to be effective January 10, 2016, 41 TexReg 490.