DEFINITIONS.
Tex. HEALTH & SAFETY Code § 1001.201.
in effectIn this subchapter:
(1) "Child-care facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 42.002 , Human Resources Code.
(2) "Educator" means a person who is required to hold a certificate issued under Subchapter B , Chapter 21 , Education Code.
(3) "First responder" has the meaning assigned by Section 421.095 , Government Code.
(4) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003 , Education Code.
(5) "Local behavioral health authority" means an authority designated by the commission under Section 533.0356 .
(6) "Local mental health authority" has the meaning assigned by Section 531.002 .
(7) "Open-enrollment charter school" and "private school" have the meanings assigned by Section 5.001 , Education Code.
(8) "Regional education service center" means a regional education service center established under Chapter 8 , Education Code.
(9) "School district employee" means a person employed by a school district who regularly interacts with students through the course of the person's duties, including an educator, a secretary, a school bus driver, or a cafeteria worker.
(10) "School resource officer" has the meaning assigned by Section 1701.601 , Occupations Code.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1306 (H.B. 3793 ), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.
