Tex. Occ. Code § 301.4551 · Subchapter J. PROHIBITED PRACTICES AND DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS
TEMPORARY LICENSE SUSPENSION FOR DRUG OR ALCOHOL USE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board shall temporarily suspend the license of a nurse as provided by Section 301.455 if the nurse is under a board order prohibiting the use of alcohol or a drug or requiring the nurse to participate in a peer assistance program, and the nurse:
(1) tests positive for alcohol or a prohibited drug;
(2) refuses to comply with a board order to submit to a drug or alcohol test; or
(3) fails to participate in the peer assistance program and the program issues a letter of dismissal and referral to the board for noncompliance.
(b) For the purposes of Section 301.455(c), proof of the elements required for the board to suspend a license under this section is proof that probable cause of a continuing and imminent threat to the public welfare exists.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 999 (H.B. 3961), Sec. 13, eff. June 19, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 878 (S.B. 193), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2011.
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