Tex. Occ. Code § 301.4515 · Subchapter J. PROHIBITED PRACTICES AND DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS
USE OF CERTAIN NURSING TITLES.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Unless the person is practicing under the delegated authority of a registered nurse or is otherwise authorized by state or federal law, a person may not use, in connection with the person's name:
(1) the title "nurse aide," "nurse assistant," or "nurse technician"; or
(2) any other similar title.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 876, Sec. 8, eff. June 20, 2003.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.301.htm
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- sha256 29d70d5c5dcd8202accbd102997af93f953daee4d8417cc15448c62d2f626e31
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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