According to public information on December 3, 2010, the Texas Physician Health Program, which also serves Physician Assistants and Acupuncturist, now has more than 100 people enrolled in its monitoring program.
The two big issues that are still unsettled is how to deal with licensees who agree to cease their practice altogether. The Medical Board and [...]
What is appropriate to do for patients who have been using marijuana for pain management or for other purposes? If you are aware of such use, either because they tell you or it comes back on a screen. Can you prescribe controlled substances for these patients? This was aksked at the last Board meeting. The answer is [...]
I have heard from another nurse who is having a difficult time obtaining a job while under a Board Order. This is an ongoing problem especially in this economy. Some employers are refusing to hire a nurse no matter what the basis for the Order. Most nurses cannot afford to fight an Order [...]
Nurses that are on Board Orders for monitoring due to substance abuse or on a Board Order sending the nurse to TPAPN must be extremely careful with complying with their Board Order and with what they ingest because of the following section of the Nurse Practice Act (taken from the Board’s website at www.bon.state.tx.us). There [...]
The Texas Board of Nursing’s E&D Committee is discussing the following issues today:
1. Discussion and review of the Board¿s policies and rules relating to physical and psychological evaluations for mental impairment, physical impairment, and/or chemical dependency/abuse of drugs or alcohol, including review and discussion of the Occupations Code §301.4521; 22 Tex. Admin. Code §§213.20, [...]
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 [...]