§ 16-944. Exemptions.

This chapter does not apply to the following:

(1)

Home and community support services licensed under V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code ch. 142, as amended.

(2)

Convalescent and nursing homes and related institutions licensed under V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code ch. 242, as amended.

(3)

Continuing care facilities licensed under V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code ch. 246, as amended.

(4)

Assisted living facilities licensed under V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code ch. 247, as amended.

(5)

Intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded licensed under V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code ch. 252, as amended.

(6)

A person that provides from home health, hospice, or personal assistance services only to persons enrolled in a program funded wholly or partly by a state agency with jurisdiction over mental health and mental disability and monitored by that state agency or its designated local authority in accordance with standards set by that agency as defined in V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code § 142.003(a)(19), as amended.

(7)

An establishment conducted by or for the adherents of a well-recognized church or religious denomination for the purpose of providing facilities for the care and treatment of the sick who depend exclusively on prayer or spiritual means for healing, without the use of any drug or material remedy, if the establishment complies with safety, sanitary, and quarantine laws and rules as defined in V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code § 242.003(3), as amended.

(8)

A facility that provides personal care services only to persons enrolled in a program that is funded in whole or in part by a state department or agency and that is monitored by a state department or agency or its designated local mental retardation authority in accordance with standards set by the state department or agency, as defined in V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code § 247.004(4), as amended.

(9)

A hotel as defined by V.T.C.A., Tax Code § 156.001, as amended.

(10)

A retirement community as defined by V.T.C.A., Tax Code § 11.18, as amended.

(11)

A monastery or convent.

(12)

A childcare facility as defined by V.T.C.A., Human Resources Code § 42.002, as amended.

(13)

A family violence shelter center as defined by V.T.C.A., Human Resources Code § 51.002, as amended.

(14)

A fraternity or sorority house, or other dormitory, associated with an institution of higher education.

(Ord. No. 2012-12-13-0971, § 1, 12-13-12)