Sec. 1953.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
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(1) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.
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(1) "Commission" means the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation.
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(1-a) "Department" means the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
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(2) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.
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(2) "Executive director" means the executive director of the department.
(3) "Sanitarian" means a person trained in sanitary science to perform duties relating to education and inspections in environmental sanitation.
(4) "Sanitation" means the study, art, and technique of applying scientific knowledge to improve the human environment for the purpose of promoting public health and welfare.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 5.240, eff. April 2, 2015.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 1.266, eff. September 1, 2017.
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