Terms Used In Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code 91.001

  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

In this chapter:
(1) “Health care practitioner” means a person who is licensed:
(A) to practice medicine under Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code;
(B) as a physician assistant under Chapter 204, Occupations Code;
(C) as an advanced nurse practitioner under Chapter 301, Occupations Code; or
(D) as a chiropractor under Chapter 201, Occupations Code.
(2) “School” means any private or public school offering academic instruction in any grade level from kindergarten through grade 12.