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death, serious physical injury, or serious psychological injury of
a patient.
(46) Social services--Services provided by:
(A) a licensed master social worker or licensed social
worker acting within the scope of the social worker's practice, as
described in Texas Occupations Code Chapter 505; or
(B) a licensed professional counselor acting within
the scope of the professional counselor's practice, as described in
Texas Occupations Code Chapter 503.
(47) Stabilize--To provide such medical treatment of
the condition necessary to assure, within reasonable medical probability,
that no material deterioration of the condition is likely to result
from or occur during the transfer of the individual from a hospital
or, if the emergency medical condition for a woman is that she is
in labor, that the woman has delivered the child and the placenta.
(48) Staff members--All personnel of a hospital including
full-time and part-time employees, contractors, students, volunteers,
and professionals granted privileges by the hospital.
(49) Substance-related disorder--The use of one or
more drugs, including alcohol, which significantly and negatively
impacts one or more major areas of life functioning and which currently
meets the criteria for substance-related and addictive disorders as
described in the DSM. May also be known as a substance use disorder,
substance abuse disorder, or addictive disorder.
(50) TAC--The Texas Administrative Code.
(51) Therapeutic activity--One of the following structured
activities designed to develop, restore or maintain a patient's optimal
level of physical and psychosocial functioning:
(A) recreational therapy provided by a therapeutic
recreation specialist;
(B) physical therapy, speech therapy, or occupational
therapy, provided by a licensed staff member acting within the scope
of the staff member's practice;
(C) art therapy provided by a staff member who is a
Board-Certified Art Therapist;
(D) music therapy provided by a staff member who is
a Board-Certified Music Therapist; or
(E) psychosocial or leisure activities provided by
qualified staff members.
(52) Therapeutic recreation specialist--An individual
who is certified as a therapeutic recreation specialist by the Texas
Consortium for Therapeutic Recreation/Activities Certification or
a certified therapeutic recreation specialist by the National Council
for Therapeutic Recreation Certification.
(53) Treating physician--A physician who coordinates
and oversees the implementation of a patient's treatment plan.
(54) Unit--A discrete and identifiable area of a hospital
that includes patients' rooms or other patient living areas and is
separated from another similar area:
(A) by a locked door;
(B) by a floor; or
(C) because the other similar area is in a different
building.
(55) Unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)--An individual,
not licensed as a health care provider, who provides certain health
related tasks or functions in a complementary or assistive role to
a registered nurse in providing direct patient care or carrying out
common nursing functions.
(56) Voluntary patient--A patient who is receiving
inpatient mental health treatment based on an admission made in accordance
with:
(A) §568.22 of this chapter (relating to Voluntary
Admission); or
(B) §568.26 of this chapter (relating to Voluntary
Treatment Following Involuntary Admission).
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