Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 166.153

  • 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

A person may not exercise the authority of an agent while the person serves as:
(1) the principal’s health care provider;
(2) an employee of the principal’s health care provider unless the person is a relative of the principal;
(3) the principal’s residential care provider; or
(4) an employee of the principal’s residential care provider unless the person is a relative of the principal.