Section 58A.001 - Definitions In this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.(2) "Center" means the comprehensive health professions resource center established under Chapter 105, Health and Safety Code.(3) "Community-based, ambulatory patient care center" includes:(A) a federally qualified health center, as defined by Section 1905(l)(2)(B), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396d(l)(2)(B)) ;(B) a community mental health center, as defined by Section 1861(ff)(3)(B), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395x(ff)(3)(B)) ;(C) a rural health clinic, as defined by Section 1861(aa)(2), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395x(aa)(2)) ; and(D) a teaching health center, as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 293l-1(f)(3)(A).(4) "First-year residency position" means a residency position offering first year training in a graduate medical education program.(5) "Graduate medical education program" means: (A) a nationally accredited post-doctor of medicine (M.D.) or post-doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) program that prepares physicians for the independent practice of medicine in a specific specialty area; and(B) a nationally accredited post-doctor of podiatric medicine (D.P.M.) program that prepares podiatrists for independent practice in the specialty area of podiatry.(6) "Hospital" means: (A) a facility licensed as a hospital under Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code, or as a mental hospital under Chapter 577, Health and Safety Code; or(B) a similar facility owned or operated by this state or an agency of this state.(7) "Medical school" means a public or independent educational institution that awards a doctor of medicine (M.D.) or doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) degree.(8) "Sponsoring institution" means the entity that assumes the ultimate financial or academic responsibility for a graduate medical education program.(9) "Teaching hospital" means a hospital that:(A) is formally affiliated with a medical school for purposes of providing a graduate medical education program; or(B) serves as the sponsoring institution for a graduate medical education program.Tex. Educ. Code § 58A.001
Amended by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 482,Sec. 1, eff. 6/14/2021.Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 321,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2015.Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1015,Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2013.