Section 167A.001 - Definitions In this chapter:
(1) "Health care practitioner" means a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse licensed to practice in this state.(2) "Patient's legally authorized representative" means: (A) a parent, managing conservator, or guardian of a patient, if the patient is a minor;(B) a guardian of the patient, if the patient has been adjudicated incompetent to manage the patient's personal affairs; or(C) an agent of the patient authorized under a durable power of attorney for health care.(3) "Pelvic examination" means a physical examination by a health care practitioner of a patient's external and internal reproductive organs, genitalia, or rectum.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 167A.001
Added by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 251,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2021.