Texas Administrative Code
Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES
Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 104 - CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN RODEOS
Section 104.2 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 25 TX Admin Code ยง 104.2

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

The following words and terms, when used in these sections, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

(1) Bull riding helmet--A rodeo helmet that is designed to provide substantial protection for a person's head and face during bull riding.

(2) Child or Children--A person under 18 years of age.

(3) National Health Education Standards (NHES)--A statement from The Joint Committee on National Health Education Standards. National Health Education Standards: Achieving Excellence (2nd Edition). Atlanta: American Cancer Society, 2007, a nationally-accepted framework of health standards and expectations which aligns curriculum, instruction and assessment practices to promote personal, family and community health.

(4) Promote--A primary or secondary school that helps or encourages; or advertises or advocates for a rodeo event to exist or flourish; or, encourages or advertises rodeo ticket or rodeo-related merchandise sales; or demonstrates acceptance of rodeo through advertising or other print or electronic publicity such as posters, Web sites or radio announcements.

(5) Protective vest--Protective clothing that covers a person's chest and torso to prevent or mitigate injury to those areas.

(6) Rodeo--An exhibition or competition, without regard to whether the participants are compensated, involving activities related to cowboy skills, including:

(A) riding a horse, with or without a saddle, with the goal of remaining on the horse while it attempts to throw off the rider;

(B) riding a bull;

(C) roping an animal, including roping as part of a team;

(D) wrestling a steer; and

(E) riding a horse in a pattern around preset barrels or other obstacles.

(7) Sponsor--A primary or secondary school that in any way finances, or provides other in-kind resources or services for a rodeo event carried out by another person or group; or, that is in any other way, responsible for a rodeo event.

(8) Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)--The state-mandated set of learning objectives for students in Texas public schools.

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