The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) Entering student includes:
(2) Evidence of Vaccination--Acceptable evidence of vaccination or receiving a booster dose includes:
(3) Health practitioner--Any person authorized by law to administer a vaccination.
(4) Institution of Higher Education--Any public technical institute, public junior college, public senior college or university, medical or dental unit or other agency of higher education as defined in Texas Education Code, §61.003(8).
(5) Private or independent institution of higher education--Includes only a private or independent college or university as defined in Texas Education Code §61.003(15).
(6) Online and other distance education course--A course in which the instructor and students are not in the same location. An online course typically involves web-based instruction, but might also include correspondence instruction. An online or other distance education course that includes a face-to-face component, including meeting in a testing laboratory with other students, or meeting in a classroom to receive interactive video instruction, does not qualify as an online or other distance education course for the purposes of this subchapter.
Source Note: The provisions of this §21.612 adopted to be effective November 30, 2009, 34 TexReg 8527; amended to be effective November 29, 2011, 36 TexReg 8024; amended to be effective May 29, 2012, 37 TexReg 3805; amended to be effective November 20, 2013, 38 TexReg 8197