Sec. 845.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the system. (2) "Enrollee" means an individual who: (A) resides in a rural area; and (B) is entitled to receive health care services through a health care plan sponsored by, arranged for, or provided by the system. (3) "Health care services" has the meaning assigned by Section 843.002 . (4) "Health care provider" means a physician, facility, practitioner, or other person or organization who, under a license or grant of authority issued by this state, provides care or supplies to individuals under a health benefit plan. The term does not include a hospital provider. (5) "Hospital provider" means a county hospital, county hospital authority, hospital district, municipal hospital, or municipal hospital authority. (6) "Local health care provider" means: (A) a person licensed, registered, or certified as a health care practitioner in this state who resides or practices in a rural area in which the person provides health care services; or (B) a general or specialty hospital that is not a hospital provider under this chapter. (7) "Participating hospital provider" means a hospital provider that participates in the system. (8) "Person" means an individual, professional association, professional corporation, partnership, limited liability corporation, limited liability partnership, or nonprofit corporation, including a nonprofit corporation certified under Section 162.001 , Occupations Code. (9) "Rural area" means: (A) a county with a population of 50,000 or less; (B) an area that is not delineated as an urbanized area by the United States Bureau of the Census; or (C) any other area designated as rural by a rule adopted by the commissioner, subject to Section 845.003 . (10) "System" means the statewide rural health care system established under this chapter. (11) "Territorial jurisdiction" means the geographical area in which a participating hospital provider is obligated by law to provide health care services.
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