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TITLE 25HEALTH SERVICES
PART 1DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
CHAPTER 37MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER GSPINAL SCREENING PROGRAM
RULE §37.142Definitions

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

  (1) Abnormal spinal curvature--An anatomic, structural deviation from the normal spinal curve, such as scoliosis or kyphosis.

  (2) Certification--The process by which the Department of State Health Services (department) trains individuals to conduct spinal screening as well as to then provide training screening procedures.

  (3) Chief Administrator--The principal (or designee) of a school as defined by the Texas Education Agency, Title 19, Part 2, Chapter 149, Subchapter BB.

  (4) Department--The Department of State Health Services.

  (5) Licensed professional--An individual who is appropriately licensed under state law, including physicians, chiropractors, physical therapists, and registered nurses, and has completed a course of study in physical assessment.

  (6) Professional examination--A diagnostic evaluation performed by an appropriately licensed professional whose expertise addresses the diagnostic needs of the individual identified as having a possible abnormal spinal curvature. A professional examination is one that is performed according to the requirements of this subchapter and of Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 37.

  (7) School--An educational institution, public or private, that admits children who are five through twenty-one years of age, which includes an individual school campus.

  (8) Screening--A test or battery of tests for rapidly determining the need for a professional examination.


Source Note: The provisions of this §37.142 adopted to be effective March 21, 1986, 11 TexReg 1145; amended to be effective August 1, 2002, 27 TexReg 3157; amended to be effective September 17, 2008, 33 TexReg 7747; amended to be effective January 12, 2015, 40 TexReg 238; amended to be effective January 1, 2018, 42 TexReg 6928

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