Texas Occupations Code

§ 301.470 — REFUND

OC § 301.470Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part E. REGULATION OF NURSING · Ch. 301. NURSES · Art. J. PROHIBITED PRACTICES AND DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS

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(a)Subject to Subsection (b), the board may order a license holder to pay a refund to a consumer as provided in an agreement resulting from an informal settlement conference instead of or in addition to imposing an administrative penalty under this chapter.

(b)The amount of a refund ordered as provided in an agreement resulting from an informal settlement conference may not exceed the amount the consumer paid to a nurse for a service regulated by this chapter or the actual amount stolen or defrauded from a patient by the nurse. The board may not require payment of other damages or estimate harm in a refund order.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 889 (H.B. 2426), Sec. 28, eff. September 1, 2007.