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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 1.001. PURPOSE OF CODE. (a) This code is enacted as a

part of the state's continuing statutory revision program, begun

by the Texas Legislative Council in 1963 as directed by the

legislature in the law codified as Chapter 323, Government Code.

The program contemplates a topic-by-topic revision of the state's

general and permanent statute law without substantive change.

(b) Consistent with the objectives of the statutory revision

program, the purpose of this code is to make the law encompassed

by this code more accessible and understandable, by:

(1) rearranging the statutes into a more logical order;

(2) employing a format and numbering system designed to

facilitate citation of the law and to accommodate future

expansion of the law;

(3) eliminating repealed, duplicative, unconstitutional,

expired, executed, and other ineffective provisions; and

(4) restating the law in modern American English to the greatest

extent possible.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 1.002. CONSTRUCTION OF CODE. Chapter 311, Government Code

(Code Construction Act), applies to the construction of each

provision in this code except as otherwise expressly provided by

this code.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 1.003. INTERNAL REFERENCES. In this code:

(1) a reference to a title, chapter, or section without further

identification is a reference to a title, chapter, or section of

this code; and

(2) a reference to a subtitle, subchapter, subsection,

subdivision, paragraph, or other numbered or lettered unit

without further identification is a reference to a unit of the

next larger unit of this code in which the reference appears.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 1.004. REFERENCE IN LAW TO STATUTE REVISED BY CODE. A

reference in a law to a statute or a part of a statute revised by

this code is considered to be a reference to the part of this

code that revises that statute or part of the statute.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 1.005. DEFINITION. In this code, "licensed practitioner"

includes a sex offender treatment provider who is licensed under

Chapter 110, Occupations Code.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch.

1089, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.

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Statutes > Texas > Health-and-safety-code > Title-1-general-provisions > Chapter-1-general-provisions

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 1.001. PURPOSE OF CODE. (a) This code is enacted as a

part of the state's continuing statutory revision program, begun

by the Texas Legislative Council in 1963 as directed by the

legislature in the law codified as Chapter 323, Government Code.

The program contemplates a topic-by-topic revision of the state's

general and permanent statute law without substantive change.

(b) Consistent with the objectives of the statutory revision

program, the purpose of this code is to make the law encompassed

by this code more accessible and understandable, by:

(1) rearranging the statutes into a more logical order;

(2) employing a format and numbering system designed to

facilitate citation of the law and to accommodate future

expansion of the law;

(3) eliminating repealed, duplicative, unconstitutional,

expired, executed, and other ineffective provisions; and

(4) restating the law in modern American English to the greatest

extent possible.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 1.002. CONSTRUCTION OF CODE. Chapter 311, Government Code

(Code Construction Act), applies to the construction of each

provision in this code except as otherwise expressly provided by

this code.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 1.003. INTERNAL REFERENCES. In this code:

(1) a reference to a title, chapter, or section without further

identification is a reference to a title, chapter, or section of

this code; and

(2) a reference to a subtitle, subchapter, subsection,

subdivision, paragraph, or other numbered or lettered unit

without further identification is a reference to a unit of the

next larger unit of this code in which the reference appears.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 1.004. REFERENCE IN LAW TO STATUTE REVISED BY CODE. A

reference in a law to a statute or a part of a statute revised by

this code is considered to be a reference to the part of this

code that revises that statute or part of the statute.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 1.005. DEFINITION. In this code, "licensed practitioner"

includes a sex offender treatment provider who is licensed under

Chapter 110, Occupations Code.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch.

1089, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.


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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 1.001. PURPOSE OF CODE. (a) This code is enacted as a

part of the state's continuing statutory revision program, begun

by the Texas Legislative Council in 1963 as directed by the

legislature in the law codified as Chapter 323, Government Code.

The program contemplates a topic-by-topic revision of the state's

general and permanent statute law without substantive change.

(b) Consistent with the objectives of the statutory revision

program, the purpose of this code is to make the law encompassed

by this code more accessible and understandable, by:

(1) rearranging the statutes into a more logical order;

(2) employing a format and numbering system designed to

facilitate citation of the law and to accommodate future

expansion of the law;

(3) eliminating repealed, duplicative, unconstitutional,

expired, executed, and other ineffective provisions; and

(4) restating the law in modern American English to the greatest

extent possible.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 1.002. CONSTRUCTION OF CODE. Chapter 311, Government Code

(Code Construction Act), applies to the construction of each

provision in this code except as otherwise expressly provided by

this code.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 1.003. INTERNAL REFERENCES. In this code:

(1) a reference to a title, chapter, or section without further

identification is a reference to a title, chapter, or section of

this code; and

(2) a reference to a subtitle, subchapter, subsection,

subdivision, paragraph, or other numbered or lettered unit

without further identification is a reference to a unit of the

next larger unit of this code in which the reference appears.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 1.004. REFERENCE IN LAW TO STATUTE REVISED BY CODE. A

reference in a law to a statute or a part of a statute revised by

this code is considered to be a reference to the part of this

code that revises that statute or part of the statute.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 1.005. DEFINITION. In this code, "licensed practitioner"

includes a sex offender treatment provider who is licensed under

Chapter 110, Occupations Code.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch.

1089, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.


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