Sec. 58.252. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "Educational institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 57.021.
(1-a) "Health center" means a federally qualified health center service delivery site.
(2) "Library" means:
(A) a public library or regional library system as those terms are defined by Section 441.122, Government Code;
(B) a library operated by an institution of higher education or a school district; or
(C) a library operated by a nonprofit corporation as defined by Section 441.221(3), Government Code.
(3) "Private network services" means:
(A) broadband digital service that is capable of providing transmission speeds of 45 megabits a second or greater for customer applications; and
(B) other customized or packaged network services.
(4) "Telemedicine center" means a facility that is equipped to transmit, by video, data, or voice service, medical information for the diagnosis or treatment of illness or disease and that is:
(A) owned or operated by a public or not-for-profit hospital, including an academic health center; or
(B) owned by one or more state-licensed health care practitioners and operated on a nonprofit basis.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 831 (H.B. 735), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2008.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 903 (S.B. 773), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.
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