Tex. Occupations Code § 301.151: GENERAL RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.

The board may adopt and enforce rules consistent with this chapter and necessary to:

(1) perform its duties and conduct proceedings before the board;

(2) regulate the practice of professional nursing and vocational nursing;

(3) establish standards of professional conduct for license holders under this chapter; and

(4) except as provided by Section 22.052, Education Code, determine whether an act constitutes the practice of professional nursing or vocational nursing.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 553, Sec. 1.009, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Amended by:

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 308 (S.B. 920), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.