Sec. 262.301. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Designated emergency infant care provider" means: (A) an emergency medical services provider; (B) a hospital; (C) a freestanding emergency medical care facility licensed under Chapter 254 , Health and Safety Code; (D) a child-placing agency licensed under Chapter 42 , Human Resources Code, that: (i) agrees to act as a designated emergency infant care provider under this subchapter; and (ii) has on staff a person who is licensed as a registered nurse under Chapter 301 , Occupations Code, or who provides emergency medical services under Chapter 773 , Health and Safety Code, and who will examine and provide emergency medical services to a child taken into possession by the agency under this subchapter; or (E) a fire department. (2) "Emergency medical services provider" has the meaning assigned that term by Section 773.003 , Health and Safety Code. (3) "Fire department" means a department of a local government that is organized to prevent or suppress fires and is staffed 24 hours a day by employees of the local government. (4) "Newborn safety device" means a device installed by a designated emergency infant care provider in compliance with Section 262.3025 .
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