Sec. 501.024.  EXCLUSIONS FROM COVERAGE.  The following persons are excluded from coverage as an employee under this chapter:
(1)  a person performing personal services for the state as an independent contractor or volunteer;
(2)  a person who at the time of injury was performing services for the federal government and who is covered by some form of federal workers' compensation insurance;
(3)  a prisoner or inmate of a prison or correctional institution, other than a work program participant participating in a Texas Correctional Industries contract described by Section 497.006, Government Code;
(4)  a client or patient of a state agency;
(5)  a person employed by the Texas Department of Transportation who is covered under Chapter 505;
(6)  a person employed by The University of Texas System who is covered by Chapter 503;  and
(7)  a person employed by The Texas A&M University System who is covered by Chapter 502.
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1188, Sec. 1.45, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1205, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.