{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-301.4551","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 301.4551","heading":"TEMPORARY LICENSE SUSPENSION FOR DRUG OR ALCOHOL USE.","body":"(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:\n(1) tests positive for alcohol or a prohibited drug;\n(2) refuses to comply with a board order to submit to a drug or alcohol test; or\n(3) fails to participate in the peer assistance program and the program issues a letter of dismissal and referral to the board for noncompliance.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 999 (H.B. 3961), Sec. 13, eff. June 19, 2009.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 878 (S.B. 193), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE E. REGULATION OF NURSING","CHAPTER 301. NURSES","SUBCHAPTER J. PROHIBITED PRACTICES AND DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.301.htm#301.4551","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"c58cc552001a572c196648b76f88a7e51db716a974f6e3afdaa8db64a894ab61","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-301.455","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-301.456"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}