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Texas Health & Safety Code - Section 121.002. Definitions

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§ 121.002. DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:                                   
		(1)  "Essential public health services" means services 
to:                  
			(A)  monitor the health status of individuals in 
the community to identify community health problems;
			(B)  diagnose and investigate community health 
problems and community health hazards;
			(C)  inform, educate, and empower the community 
with respect to health issues;
			(D)  mobilize community partnerships in 
identifying and solving community health problems;
			(E)  develop policies and plans that support 
individual and community efforts to improve health;
			(F)  enforce laws and rules that protect the 
public health and ensure safety in accordance with those laws and 
rules;
			(G)  link individuals who have a need for 
community and personal health services to appropriate community and 
private providers;
			(H)  ensure a competent workforce for the 
provision of essential public health services;
			(I)  research new insights and innovative 
solutions to community health problems;  and
			(J)  evaluate the effectiveness, accessibility, 
and quality of personal and population-based health services in a 
community.
		(2)  "Physician" means a person licensed to practice 
medicine by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended 
by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1378, § 1, eff. June 19, 1999.

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