bill to let military medics in nursing school practice

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90R5410 BEE-D

By: Hagenbuch
S.B. No. 183

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a temporary permit issued by the Texas Board of Nursing

authorizing the limited practice of professional nursing by a

nursing student with medical or nursing training and experience

obtained in the military; authorizing a fee.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 301, Occupations Code, is

amended by adding Section 301.2585 to read as follows:

Sec. 301.2585. TEMPORARY PERMIT FOR LIMITED PRACTICE:

NURSING STUDENTS WITH MILITARY MEDICAL OR NURSING TRAINING AND

EXPERIENCE. (a) The board shall adopt rules for issuance of a

temporary permit for nursing students with medical or nursing

training and experience obtained in the military to practice

professional nursing under appropriate supervision.

(b) The board may issue a permit under this section to an

applicant who:

(1) applies to the board in the manner and on the form

prescribed by board rule and pays the fee set by the board;

(2) is enrolled in a nursing education program in this

state approved by the board under Section 301.157; and

(3) submits verification of the applicant's military

service, including as prescribed by board rule:

(A) that the applicant was honorably discharged,

retired, or released from active duty; and

(B) that the applicant's military service

included training in and experience providing medical or nursing

care as a medic or corpsman or in another similar role.

(c) The holder of a permit issued under this section may

practice professional nursing only:

(1) under the direct supervision of a registered nurse

or vocational nurse, as prescribed by board rule; and

(2) in a hospital or other health care setting

approved by the board.

(d) The board by rule shall prescribe the clinical tasks and

activities of professional nursing that may be performed under each

permit issued under this section. In prescribing clinical tasks and

nursing activities, the board shall consider:

(1) the applicant's military training and experience,

demonstrated competency, and civilian education; and

(2) the level of supervision required for and

available to the applicant in the health care setting where the

applicant intends to practice professional nursing.

(e) The board shall adopt the rules necessary to implement

this section, including rules establishing the application fee for

and the term of a permit issued under this section.

SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2028, the Texas Board

of Nursing shall adopt rules necessary to implement Section

301.2585, Occupations Code, as added by this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027.