Sec. 263.001. DEFINITIONS. (a) In this chapter:
(1) "Advanced practice nurse" has the meaning assigned by Section 157.051, Occupations Code.
(1-a) "Age-appropriate normalcy activity" has the meaning assigned by Section 264.001.
(1-b) "Department" means the Department of Family and Protective Services.
(2) "Child's home" means the place of residence of at least one of the child's parents.
(3) "Household" means a unit composed of persons living together in the same dwelling, without regard to whether they are related to each other.
(3-a) "Physician assistant" has the meaning assigned by Section 157.051, Occupations Code.
(4) "Substitute care" means the placement of a child who is in the conservatorship of the department in care outside the child's home. The term includes foster care, institutional care, adoption, placement with a relative of the child, or commitment to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.
(b) In the preparation and review of a service plan under this chapter, a reference to the parents of the child includes both parents of the child unless the child has only one parent or unless, after due diligence by the department in attempting to locate a parent, only one parent is located, in which case the reference is to the remaining parent.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, Sec. 108, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 268 (S.B. 6), Sec. 1.36, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 108 (H.B. 1629), Sec. 4, eff. May 23, 2009.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 204 (H.B. 915), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.170, eff. April 2, 2015.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 262 (S.B. 1407), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.
Section: 263.001 263.002 263.0021 263.0025 263.003 263.004 263.0045 263.005 263.006 263.0061 263.007 263.008 263.009 263.101 263.102 NextLast modified: September 28, 2016