Tex. Health & Safety Code § 142.022 · Subchapter B. PERMITS TO ADMINISTER MEDICATION
EXEMPTIONS FOR NURSING STUDENTS AND MEDICATION AIDE TRAINEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Sections 142.021 and 142.029 do not apply to:
(1) a graduate nurse holding a temporary permit issued by the Texas Board of Nursing;
(2) a student enrolled in an accredited school of nursing or program for the education of registered nurses who is administering medications as part of the student's clinical experience;
(3) a graduate vocational nurse holding a temporary permit issued by the Texas Board of Nursing;
(4) a student enrolled in an accredited school of vocational nursing or program for the education of vocational nurses who is administering medications as part of the student's clinical experience; or
(5) a trainee in a medication aide training program approved by the department under Section 142.024 who is administering medications as part of the trainee's clinical experience.
(b) The administration of medications by persons exempted under Subdivisions (1) through (4) of Subsection (a) is governed by the terms of the memorandum of understanding executed by the department and the Texas Board of Nursing.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1990, 71st Leg., 6th C.S., ch. 31, Sec. 4, eff. June 19, 1990. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 553, Sec. 2.009, eff. Feb. 1, 2004.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 889 (H.B. 2426), Sec. 66, eff. September 1, 2007.
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Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 142.021ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION.Printed as Sections 142.021 and 142.029
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 142.024HOME HEALTH MEDICATION AIDE TRAINING PROGRAMS.Printed as Section 142.024
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 142.029ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION; CRIMINAL PENALTY.Printed as Sections 142.021 and 142.029
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