Tex.
Health & Safety Code Section 104.0155
Nursing Advisory Committee
(a)
The statewide health coordinating council shall form a nursing advisory committee the majority of the members of which must be nurses. The committee:(1)
must include:(A)
members of associations that represent nurses, educators of nurses, and employers of nurses;(B)
members who represent the Texas Board of Nursing; and(C)
a nurse researcher; and(2)
may include other members who are health care experts from the public or private sector, nurses, nurse educators, employers of nurses, or consumers of nursing services.(b)
The committee shall:(1)
review policy matters on the collection of data and reports performed under Chapter 105 (Health Professions Resource Center) that relate to the nursing profession;(2)
subject to approval of the council, develop priorities and an operations plan for the nursing resource section under Section 105.002 (Establishment of Center)(b); and(3)
review reports and information before dissemination.(c)
A nurse member of the committee and a nurse member of the statewide health coordinating council shall cochair the committee.(d)
Chapter 2110 (State Agency Advisory Committees), Government Code, does not apply to the committee formed under this section.(e)
Meetings of the committee under this section are subject to Chapter 551 (Open Meetings), Government Code.
Source:
Section 104.0155 — Nursing Advisory Committee, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.104.htm#104.0155 (accessed Apr. 29, 2024).
