Sec. 107.002.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
(1)  'Board' means the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners.
(2)  'Intractable pain' means a state of pain for which:
(A)  the cause of the pain cannot be removed or otherwise treated;  and
(B)  in the generally accepted course of medical practice, relief or cure of the cause of the pain:
(i)  is not possible;  or
(ii)  has not been found after reasonable efforts.
(3)  'Physician' means a physician licensed by the board.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14.002(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.