Sec. 257.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
(1)  "Committee" means a nurse staffing committee required by this chapter.
(2)  "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.
(3)  "Hospital" means:
(A)  a general hospital or special hospital, as those terms are defined by Section 241.003, including a hospital maintained or operated by this state; or
(B)  a mental hospital licensed under Chapter 577.
(4)  "Patient care unit" means a unit or area of a hospital in which registered nurses provide patient care.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 742 (S.B. 476), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.