The Executive Director of the Texas Medical Board, Mari Robinson, reported the Texas Medical Board is currently has 1341 open investigations. For fiscal year 2011, which started September 1, 2010, the Board has opened 617 investigations. Currently, she reports the Board is opening approximately 250 cases per month. This fiscal year, the Board has completed 992 investigations.
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At the Board’s last meeting, August 28, 2010, the Board issued the most disciplinary actions in a single meeting in its history – 187 doctors disciplined. The actions included 33 violations based on quality of care; eight actions based on unprofessional conduct; 11 actions based on inadequate medical records violations; 14 voluntary surrenders; five revocations/suspensions; [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]