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Tex. Fam. Code § 262.301

DEFINITIONS

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case McCorvey v. Hill (2004)

Most recently applied in McCorvey v. Hill (September 2004)

Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 809, Sec. 4, eff

In this chapter:

(1) "Designated emergency infant care provider" means:

(A) an emergency medical services provider;

(B) a hospital;

(C) a freestanding emergency medical care facility licensed under Chapter 254, Health and Safety Code;

(D) a child-placing agency licensed under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, that:

(i) agrees to act as a designated emergency infant care provider under this subchapter; and

(ii) has on staff a person who is licensed as a registered nurse under Chapter 301, Occupations Code, or who provides emergency medical services under Chapter 773, Health and Safety Code, and who will examine and provide emergency medical services to a child taken into possession by the agency under this subchapter; or

(E) a fire department.

(2) "Emergency medical services provider" has the meaning assigned that term by Section 773.003, Health and Safety Code.

(3) "Fire department" means a department of a local government that is organized to prevent or suppress fires and is staffed 24 hours a day by employees of the local government.

(4) "Newborn safety device" means a device installed by a designated emergency infant care provider in compliance with Section 262.3025.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.