{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-242.303-2","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.303 (2)","heading":"MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS.","body":"(a) A member of the board who is an administrator must:\n(1) be a resident of this state and a citizen of the United States;\n(2) be licensed under this subchapter and currently serving as a nursing facility administrator or have direct supervisory responsibility on a daily basis over an administrator who works in a nursing facility; and\n(3) hold a degree from an accredited four-year college or university.\n(b) An administrator who does not have a degree as required by Subsection (a)(3) may be qualified to serve as a member of the board if the administrator has two years of practical experience as an administrator for every year less than four that the administrator has completed at a four-year college or university.\n(c) A member or employee of the board may not:\n(1) be an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a trade association in the nursing facility industry; or\n(2) be related within the second degree by affinity or within the third degree by consanguinity to an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a trade association in the nursing facility industry.\n(d) A member of the board who represents the general public may not have a financial interest, other than as a consumer, in a nursing facility as an officer, director, partner, owner, employee, attorney, or paid consultant or be related within the second degree by affinity or within the third degree by consanguinity to a person who has a financial interest, other than as a consumer, in a nursing facility as an officer, director, partner, owner, employee, attorney, or paid consultant.\n(e) A person who is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, because of the person's activities for compensation on behalf of a profession related to the operation of the board may not serve on the board.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1280, Sec. 2.01.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES","CHAPTER 242. CONVALESCENT AND NURSING FACILITIES AND RELATED INSTITUTIONS","SUBCHAPTER I. NURSING FACILITY ADMINISTRATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.242.htm#242.303","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"5679e4113479773ffcf14d15c25d0cfcb3a137a5fe5edd9f9933902b9f135d68","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-242.302-2","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-242.304-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}