Sec. 462.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Applicant" means a person who files an application for emergency detention, protective custody, or commitment of a person with a chemical dependency. (2) "Certificate" means a sworn certificate of medical examination for chemical dependency executed under this chapter. (3) "Chemical dependency" means: (A) the abuse of alcohol or a controlled substance; (B) psychological or physical dependence on alcohol or a controlled substance; or (C) addiction to alcohol or a controlled substance. (4) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission. (5) "Controlled substance" means a: (A) toxic inhalant; or (B) substance designated as a controlled substance by Chapter 481 (Texas Controlled Substances Act). (5-a) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services. (5-b) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission. (6) "Legal holiday" means a state holiday listed in Section 662.021 , Government Code, or an officially declared county holiday applicable to a court in which proceedings under this chapter are held. (7) "Proposed patient" means a person named in an application for emergency detention, protective custody, or commitment under this chapter. (8) "Toxic inhalant" means a gaseous substance that is inhaled by a person to produce a desired physical or psychological effect and that may cause personal injury or illness to the inhaler. (9) "Treatment" means the initiation and promotion of a person's chemical-free status or the maintenance of a person free of illegal drugs. (10) "Treatment facility" means a public or private hospital, a detoxification facility, a primary care facility, an intensive care facility, a long-term care facility, an outpatient care facility, a community mental health center, a health maintenance organization, a recovery center, a halfway house, an ambulatory care facility, another facility that is required to be licensed by the department under Chapter 464 , a facility licensed by the department under Title 7, or a facility operated by the department under Title 7 that has been designated by the department to provide chemical dependency treatment. The term does not include an educational program for intoxicated drivers or the individual office of a private, licensed health care practitioner who personally renders private individual or group services within the scope of the practitioner's license and in the practitioner's office.
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