Tex. Health and Safety Code § 263.050
DISPENSARIES AND CLINICS
Texas · Texas Health and Safety Code · Status: effective
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- Tex. Health and Safety Code § 263.050, DISPENSARIES AND CLINICS, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/670174
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(a) The board of managers may establish and operate:
(1) an outpatient department or a free dispensary and clinic at the hospital or in the municipality located nearest the hospital; and
(2) a branch dispensary or clinic in a municipality that is located in the county and that has 5,000 or more inhabitants.
(b) The board of managers shall appoint a physician to serve at the dispensary or clinic, determine the time that the physician is required to spend at the dispensary or clinic, and fix the salary, if any, of the physician.
(c) The board of managers shall appoint a trained visiting nurse to serve in connection with the dispensary or clinic and the hospital. The board shall fix the salary of the nurse within the limits of the appropriation made for the salary by the commissioners court.