DEFINITIONS.
Tex. GOV'T Code § 607.001.
in effect(a) In this chapter, "public safety employee" means a peace officer, fire fighter, detention officer, county jailer, or emergency medical services employee of this state or a political subdivision of this state.
(b) In this subchapter:
(1) "Death investigation professional" means:
(A) a justice of the peace;
(B) a death investigator employed under Article 49.23 , Code of Criminal Procedure; or
(C) a medical examiner or an employee of the medical examiner's office employed under Section 3, Article 49.25 , Code of Criminal Procedure.
(2) "Inquest" has the meaning assigned by Article 49.01 , Code of Criminal Procedure.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.