Sections
Chapter 101 Health Professions Council 101.001 – 101.352
Chapter 102 Solicitation of Patients 102.001 – 102.054
Chapter 103 Right to Object to Participation in Abortion Procedure 103.001 – 103.004
Chapter 104 Healing Art Practitioners 104.001 – 104.007
Chapter 105 Unprofessional Conduct by Health Care Provider 105.001 – 105.002
Chapter 106 General Regulatory Authority Regarding Health Care Practitioners’ Use of Internet 106.001
Chapter 107 Intractable Pain Treatment 107.001 – 107.152
Chapter 108 License Suspension or Revocation Required 108.001 – 108.055
Chapter 109 Release of Sex Offender Treatment Information 109.001 – 109.054
Chapter 110 Council On Sex Offender Treatment 110.001 – 110.461
Chapter 111 Telemedicine, Teledentistry, and Telehealth 111.001 – 111.009
Chapter 112 General Licensing Requirements Applicable 112.001 – 112.051
Chapter 113 Mental Health Telemedicine and Telehealth Services 113.001 – 113.002
Chapter 115 Health or Veterinary Services Provided in Catastrophic Circumstances 115.001 – 115.011
Chapter 116 Training Course On Human Trafficking Prevention 116.001 – 116.003

Terms Used In Texas Occupations Code > Title 3 > Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
  • Child: includes an adopted child, regardless of whether the adoption occurred through:
    (1) an existing or former statutory procedure; or
    (2) an equitable adoption or acts of estoppel. See Texas Estates Code 22.004
  • Claims: includes :
    (1) liabilities of a decedent that survive the decedent's death, including taxes, regardless of whether the liabilities arise in contract or tort or otherwise;
    (2) funeral expenses;
    (3) the expense of a tombstone;
    (4) expenses of administration;
    (5) estate and inheritance taxes; and
    (6) debts due such estates. See Texas Estates Code 22.005
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Minor: means a person younger than 18 years of age who:
    (1) has never been married; and
    (2) has not had the disabilities of minority removed for general purposes. See Texas Estates Code 22.022
  • Oath: includes affirmation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • person interested: means :
    (1) an heir, devisee, spouse, creditor, or any other having a property right in or claim against an estate being administered; and
    (2) anyone interested in the welfare of an incapacitated person, including a minor. See Texas Estates Code 22.018
  • personal representative: include :
    (1) an executor and independent executor;
    (2) an administrator, independent administrator, and temporary administrator; and
    (3) a successor to an executor or administrator listed in Subdivision (1) or (2). See Texas Estates Code 22.031
  • Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Qualified delivery method: means delivery by:
    (1) hand delivery by courier, with courier's proof of delivery receipt;
    (2) certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, with return receipt; or
    (3) a private delivery service designated as a designated delivery service by the United States Secretary of the Treasury under Section 7502(f)(2), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, with proof of delivery receipt. See Texas Estates Code 22.0295
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.