Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3194 Compare Versions

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1	1	89R13848 RAL-D
2	2	By: Garcia Hernandez H.B. No. 3194
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the grounds for denial of a license or disciplinary
10	10	action by the Texas Board of Nursing.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 301.452(b), Occupations Code, is amended
13	13	to read as follows:
14	14	(b) A person is subject to denial of a license or to
15	15	disciplinary action under this subchapter for:
16	16	(1) a violation of this chapter, a rule or regulation
17	17	not inconsistent with this chapter, or an order issued under this
18	18	chapter;
19	19	(2) fraud or deceit in procuring or attempting to
20	20	procure a license to practice professional nursing or vocational
21	21	nursing;
22	22	(3) a conviction for, or placement on deferred
23	23	adjudication community supervision or deferred disposition for, a
24	24	felony or for a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude;
25	25	(4) conduct that results in the revocation of
26	26	probation imposed because of conviction for a felony or for a
27	27	misdemeanor involving moral turpitude;
28	28	(5) use of a nursing license, diploma, or permit, or
29	29	the transcript of such a document, that has been fraudulently
30	30	purchased, issued, counterfeited, or materially altered;
31	31	(6) impersonating or acting as a proxy for another
32	32	person in the licensing examination required under Section 301.253
33	33	or 301.255;
34	34	(7) directly or indirectly aiding or abetting an
35	35	unlicensed person in connection with the unauthorized practice of
36	36	nursing;
37	37	(8) revocation, suspension, or denial of, or any other
38	38	action relating to, the person's license or privilege to practice
39	39	nursing in another jurisdiction or under federal law;
40	40	(9) intemperate use of alcohol or drugs that the board
41	41	determines endangers or could endanger a patient;
42	42	(10) unprofessional conduct in the practice of nursing
43	43	that is likely to deceive, defraud, or injure a patient or the
44	44	public;
45	45	(11) adjudication of mental incompetency;
46	46	(12) lack of fitness to practice because of a mental or
47	47	physical health condition that could result in injury to a patient
48	48	or the public;
49	49	(13) performing or delegating to another individual
50	50	the performance of a pelvic examination on an anesthetized or
51	51	unconscious patient in violation of Section 167A.002, Health and
52	52	Safety Code; [or]
53	53	(14) failure to care adequately for a patient or to
54	54	conform to the minimum standards of acceptable nursing practice in
55	55	a manner that, in the board's opinion, exposes a patient or other
56	56	person unnecessarily to risk of harm; or
57	57	(15) without the consent of the patient, taking
58	58	photographs of a patient with a personal electronic device and
59	59	disseminating the photographs on a social media platform.
60	60	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
61	61	to conduct that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.
62	62	Conduct that occurs before the effective date of this Act is
63	63	governed by the law in effect on the date the conduct occurred, and
64	64	the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
65	65	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.