BON at full staff-be careful if under Board monitoring or TPAPN order
Although there is still one attorney position still posted to be filled at the Texas Board of Nursing, the Board staff has reported that since they are at full staff they are going to move very quickly on violations of Board monitoring orders for substance abuse or for violation of TPAPN orders. Nurses under such orders must remember that the new 301.4551 section of the Texas Occupations Code authorizes the Board to temporarily suspend a nurse under such circumstances. Therefore, it is crucial to be very careful if subject to a substance abuse order or if you are a participant in TPAPN: be sure to call in on time, get your screens as required, submit all paperwork timely and be very, very, very careful of anything that you eat or drink.