Sec. 89.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Community corrections facility" means a facility established under Chapter 509 , Government Code. (2) "County jail" means a facility operated by or for a county for the confinement of persons accused or convicted of an offense and includes: (A) a facility operated by or for a county for the confinement of persons accused or convicted of an offense; (B) a county jail or a correctional facility authorized by Subchapter F , Chapter 351 , Local Government Code; and (C) a county correctional center authorized by Subchapter H , Chapter 351 , Local Government Code. (3) "Governing body" means: (A) the commissioners court of a county, for a county jail; (B) the district judges governing a community corrections facility, for a community corrections facility; (C) the governing body of a municipality, for a jail operated by or under contract to a municipality; or (D) the community supervision and corrections department, for a jail operated under contract to a community supervision and corrections department. (4) "Health authority" has the meaning assigned by Section 121.021 . (5) "Jail" means: (A) a county jail; or (B) a facility for the confinement of persons accused of an offense that is: (i) operated by a municipality or a vendor under contract with a municipality under Subchapter F , Chapter 351 , Local Government Code; or (ii) operated by a vendor under contract with a community supervision and corrections department under Chapter 76 , Government Code. (6) "Local health department" means a health department created under Subchapter D , Chapter 121 . (7) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine in a state of the United States. (8) "Public health district" means a health district established under Subchapter E , Chapter 121 . (9) "Screening test" means a rapid analytical laboratory or other procedure to determine the need for further diagnostic evaluation. (10) "Tuberculosis" means a disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis or other members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.
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