Texas Occupations Code

§ 301.002 — DEFINITIONS

OC § 301.002Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part E. REGULATION OF NURSING · Ch. 301. NURSES · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Statute text

In this chapter:

(1)"Board" means the Texas Board of Nursing. (1-a) "Chief nursing officer" means the registered nurse who is administratively responsible for the nursing services at a facility. (1-b) "Patient safety committee" has the meaning assigned by Section 303.001.

(2)"Professional nursing" means the performance of an act that requires substantial specialized judgment and skill, the proper performance of which is based on knowledge and application of the principles of biological, physical, and social science as acquired by a completed course in an approved school of professional nursing. The term does not include acts of medical diagnosis or the prescription of therapeutic or corrective measures. Professional nursing involves:

(A)the observation, assessment, intervention, evaluation, rehabilitation, care and counsel, or health teachings of a person who is ill, injured, infirm, or experiencing a change in normal health processes;

(B)the maintenance of health or prevention of illness;

(C)the administration of a medication or treatment as ordered by a physician, podiatrist, or dentist;

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Legislative history

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 113 (S.B. 1000), Sec. 3, eff. May 20, 2005. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 803 (S.B. 993), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 889 (H.B. 2426), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 418 (S.B. 406), Sec. 15, eff. November 1, 2013.