Regulatory agencies in Texas are required to review the rules governing their areas of responsibility every four years. In December, the Board filed the results of its review of three rules – none are the biggest rules, but important in some respects. The second rule reviewed is probably the rule that creates the most controversy…
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Regulatory agencies in Texas are required to review the rules governing their areas of responsibility every four years. In December, the Board filed the results of its review of three rules – none are the biggest rules, but important in some respects. First up is the rule that implements the Nursing Licensure Compact, which allows…
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Here is to wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday season. The new year is just around the corner, it will be a bright new year for the Law Office of Marc Meyer and I hope it is to all of you, too!
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After an astounding 93 default revocations were handed down at the August meeting of the Disciplinary and Eligibility Committee of the Texas Board of Nursing, this month is a “light month” with only 46 defaults this month. Remember, nurses, the Board requires that you change your address with the Board within 10 days of moving. …
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In an article posted on HealthLeaders Media website, Rebecca Hendren, an editor with HCPro, Inc., writes that the reflexive slicing of nursing staff in the face of declining revenue may exacerbate the problem when increases in soft costs, non-reimbursable never events and other measures of quality are taken into account. There is good research out…
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There is a certain economics professor I occasionally follow (Brad DeLong) who starts many a post with “Oh, why can’t we have a better press corps?” I think that might be the operative word here . . . What follows is reporting from FoxNews.com regarding six doctors and five nurses who were revoked for being…
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Well, the big peril is that you somehow lose you entire afternoon post. . . The long and short of the post was that the Board started with the public comment period, which was consumed by issues related to the proposal for an LVN scope of practice statement by the Board and the pace of…
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Or at least someone that feeds the Executive Director of the Texas Board of Nursing information reads my blog . . . Ms. Thomas chided me this afternoon just as I was leaving about my comment about “sneaking” in a Board Development Session. I said “sneaked” because *****I**** missed the notice of the session, not…
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I was a little late this morning – but Kathy Thomas was still giving her report. 0900 – Mark Majek is giving a report on the self-directed semi-independent statute that failed. I have mixed feelings about this, but I believe there is a sense that the board will push for this next session in 2013. …
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