On December 7th, the Governor, the Lt. Governor, and the Speaker of House sent a letter to all state agencies, including all the health licensing board, and directed them to cut 2.5% of their budget for rest of the 2011 Fiscal Year. The FY 2011 began on September 1st. The FY 2011 began with a [...]
The Texas BON just posted the remaining rule changes for the continuing education rules. The complete revised rules are intended to stop nurses from taking “fluff” education courses that do nothing to enrich their nursing practice or nursing knowledge. The other changes were done last year and these are the remaining rules that [...]
Guidelines for Physical and Psychological Evaluations
1) informs licensees, applicants, petitioners, and the public about the Board’s requirements and procedures regarding physical and psychological evaluations under the Nursing Practice Act (the Occupations Code Chapter 301).
Amendments to §216.1 (relating to Definitions)
Amendments to §216.3 (relating to Requirements)
Continuing education needs to be in the Nurse’s practice area, as [...]
If a nurse is currently under investigation by the Texas BON and is renewing his/her license, what does the nurse answer to the question: “Are you currently the target or subject of a grand jury or governmental agency investigation?” According to the Board, the answer is “yes” even though the BON knows about the [...]
Multistate Compact Licensure rules can impact a nurse even if the nurse is not working under a compact license. If you have a license in the state in which you practice, but live in another state, you may be affected by the compact rules for multistate licensing even if you are not working under a [...]
There is not a simple answer to this question because there can be so many variables. The one sure thing is – DO NOT LIE TO THE BOARD!! Many nurses answer the Board’s application/renewal questions based on what they think a criminal background shows or what other employers/agencies/etc. have found when they ran criminal background [...]
Disciplinary actions or Agreed Orders remain on a nurse’s license forever. When stipulations/restrictions are placed on the license, the nurse’s license is encumbered and those restrictions show up on the license when the license is verified (for example, the verification page will show “Warning with Stipulations” or “Remedial Education”). Once the stipulations/restrictions are completed and [...]
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 [...]
The Board reports online that they have some new options to help nurses obtain information needed from the Board: 1) the ability to track application status online, so that applicants can track what the Board has received and what is still required and 2)a “Live Help” function that allows individuals to chat online [...]
I just received the Texas Board of Nursing’s brochure for their upcoming Nursing Jurisprudence course. It looks like instead of having a course in August in Austin (which is what has happened the past few years), the Board is having the course for central Texas in San Antonio on February 25 or February 26, 2010. [...]