88R11050 DIO-F
By: Schwertner S.B. No. 1134
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain information on the Texas Board of Nursing's
Internet website regarding prescriptive authority agreements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 301.168, Occupations Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 301.168. DUTIES REGARDING PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY
AGREEMENTS. (a) The board shall in conjunction with the Texas
Medical Board and the Texas Physician Assistant Board perform the
functions and duties relating to prescriptive authority agreements
assigned to the board in Sections 157.0512 and 157.0513.
(b) The board shall post on the board's Internet website
information regarding advanced practice registered nurses who have
entered into prescriptive authority agreements with physicians.
The information must include:
(1) the names of the physician and advanced practice
registered nurse who have entered into the agreement;
(2) the physician's practice specialty;
(3) the address of the physician's practice location;
and
(4) if different from the address under Subdivision
(3), the address where the advanced practice registered nurse
practices.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Texas Board of Nursing shall make the information
required by Section 301.168(b), Occupations Code, as added by this
Act, available on the board's Internet website.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.