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TITLE 25HEALTH SERVICES
PART 1DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
CHAPTER 104CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN RODEOS
RULE §104.2Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in these sections, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

  (1) Bull riding helmet--A rodeo helmet that is designed to provide substantial protection for a person's head and face during bull riding.

  (2) Child or Children--A person under 18 years of age.

  (3) National Health Education Standards (NHES)--A statement from The Joint Committee on National Health Education Standards. National Health Education Standards: Achieving Excellence (2nd Edition). Atlanta: American Cancer Society, 2007, a nationally-accepted framework of health standards and expectations which aligns curriculum, instruction and assessment practices to promote personal, family and community health.

  (4) Promote--A primary or secondary school that helps or encourages; or advertises or advocates for a rodeo event to exist or flourish; or, encourages or advertises rodeo ticket or rodeo-related merchandise sales; or demonstrates acceptance of rodeo through advertising or other print or electronic publicity such as posters, Web sites or radio announcements.

  (5) Protective vest--Protective clothing that covers a person's chest and torso to prevent or mitigate injury to those areas.

  (6) Rodeo--An exhibition or competition, without regard to whether the participants are compensated, involving activities related to cowboy skills, including:

    (A) riding a horse, with or without a saddle, with the goal of remaining on the horse while it attempts to throw off the rider;

    (B) riding a bull;

    (C) roping an animal, including roping as part of a team;

    (D) wrestling a steer; and

    (E) riding a horse in a pattern around preset barrels or other obstacles.

  (7) Sponsor--A primary or secondary school that in any way finances, or provides other in-kind resources or services for a rodeo event carried out by another person or group; or, that is in any other way, responsible for a rodeo event.

  (8) Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)--The state-mandated set of learning objectives for students in Texas public schools.


Source Note: The provisions of this §104.2 adopted to be effective March 20, 2011, 36 TexReg 1671

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