2021 Texas Statutes
Occupations Code
Title 3 - Health Professions
Subtitle E - Regulation of Nursing
Chapter 301 - Nurses
Subchapter B. Texas Board of Nursing
Section 301.051. Board Membership
Sec. 301.051. BOARD MEMBERSHIP. (a) The Texas Board of Nursing consists of 13 members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate as follows:
(1) six nurse members, including:
(A) one advanced practice nurse;
(B) two registered nurses who are not advanced practice nurses or members of a nurse faculty; and
(C) three vocational nurses who are not members of a nurse faculty;
(2) three members who are nurse faculty members of schools of nursing:
(A) one of whom is a nurse faculty member of a school of nursing offering a baccalaureate degree program in preparing registered nurses;
(B) one of whom is a nurse faculty member of a school of nursing offering an associate degree program in preparing registered nurses; and
(C) one of whom is a nurse faculty member of a school of nursing at an institution of higher education preparing vocational nurses; and
(3) four members who represent the public.
(b) Appointments to the board shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointee.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 553, Sec. 1.006, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 889 (H.B. 2426), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2007.
