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