Board Meetings - 2008

Regular Meeting - April 17-18, 2008

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CALL TO ORDER - 8:30 a.m.

REVIEW OF AGENDA

REVIEW OF THE MINUTES: January 17-18, 2008 Board Meeting

CONSENT AGENDA:

2.1. Financial Statement - 2ND Quarter, Fiscal Year 2008 - MM

2.2. Continuing Education Pre-Renewal Audit Report/2ND Quarter, Fiscal Year 2008 - MM

3.2.1. Confirmation of Approval Status Based on 2007 NCLEX-RN® Examination Pass Rates and Review of 2007 Nursing Education Program Information Survey (NEPIS) and 2007 Compliance Audit of Nursing Education Program (CANEP) - VA/JH/DJ/RW

3.2.2. Notification of Consolidation of Vocational Nursing Educational Programs - South Texas College at McAllen, Texas, Day and Evening, South Texas at Rio Grande City, Texas, and South Texas College at Weslaco, Texas - JH

3.2.3. Petition for Faculty Waiver - Southwestern Adventist University, Baccalaureate Degree Nursing Educational Program at Keene, Texas - DJ

3.2.4. Summary and Analysis of 2006 Annual Report Data Submitted by Texas BNE Approved Vocational and Professional Nursing Educational Programs - VA/RW

5.1.1. Eligibility and Disciplinary Committee - JS

5.1.2. Strategic Planning/2ND Quarter Report - MM/KT

7.1.1. TPAPN Quarterly Report

7.5. Proposed Rule Reviews of Chapters 213 (Practice and Procedure), 216 (Continuing Education), and 221 (Advanced Practice Nurses) - JS

8.1. ALJ Proposals for Decision

8.2. Agreed Orders

8.3. Reinstatement Agreed Orders

8.4. Eligibility Agreed Orders

1. ADMINISTRATION

*1.1. Executive Director's Report - KT

1.2. Legal - JWJ

1.2.1. Status Report on Staff Approval of Applicants with Minor Criminal History - JWJ

*1.3. Business Process Work Plan from the Office of the Governor - KT

1.4. Strategic Plan Update - KT

2. OPERATIONS

C - *2.1. Financial Statement - 2nd Quarter, Fiscal Year 2008 - MM

C - *2.2. Continuing Education Pre-Renewal Audit Report - 2nd Quarter, Fiscal Year 2008 - MM

*2.3. Legislative Appropriations Request - Prioritize Issues - MM

3. NURSING

3.1. Practice

*3.1.1. Workshop Report - DB/CM

3.2. Education

C - *3.2.1. Confirmation of Approval Status Based on 2007 NCLEX-RN® Examination Pass Rates and Review of 2007 Nursing Education Program Information Survey (NEPIS) and 2007 Compliance Audit of Nursing Education Program (CANEP) - VA/JH/DJ/RW
C - *3.2.1.a. Full Approval with Commendation

Associate Degree Nursing Educational Programs
Alvin Community College in Alvin, Texas - JH
Amarillo College in Amarillo, Texas - JH
Austin Community College in Austin, Texas - RW
Blinn College in Bryan, Texas - RW
Brookhaven College in Farmers Branch, Texas - VA
Central Texas College in Killeen, Texas - JH
College of the Mainland in Texas City, Texas - JH
Collin County Community College in McKinney, Texas - VA
Cy Fair College in Cypress, Texas - RW
El Centro College in Dallas, Texas - DJ
Grayson County College in Denison, Texas - RW
Houston Baptist University in Houston, Texas - JH
Houston Community College in Houston, Texas - DJ
Kingwood College in Kingwood, Texas - RW
Lamar State College at Orange, Texas - RW
Lamar University at Beaumont, Texas - RW
Laredo Community College in Laredo, Texas - JH
Midland College in Midland, Texas - JH
Montgomery College in Conroe, Texas - DJ
Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas - JH
North Central Texas College in Gainesville, Texas - RW
North Harris College in Houston, Texas - VA
Panola College in Carthage, Texas - JH
San Jacinto College Central in Pasadena, Texas - VA
Southwestern Adventist University in Keene, Texas - DJ
Temple College in Temple, Texas - VA
Tomball College in Tomball, Texas - DJ
Tyler Junior College in Tyler, Texas - RW
Weatherford College in Weatherford, Texas - VA
Wharton County Junior College in Wharton, Texas - DJ
Baccalaureate Degree Nursing Educational Programs
Houston Baptist University in Houston, Texas - JH
Lamar University at Beaumont, Texas - RW
Prairie View A&M University in Houston, Texas - JH
Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas - DJ
Texas A&M International University in Laredo, Texas - JH
Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas - VA
University of Mary Hardin - Baylor in Belton, Texas - VA
University of Texas at Arlington in Arlington, Texas - DJ
University of Texas at Austin, Texas - RW
University of Texas at El Paso in El Paso, Texas - VA
University of Texas at Tyler, Texas - RW
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas - RW
University of Texas - Pan American in Edinburg, Texas - VA
West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas - VA
Master's Degree Nursing Education Program
University of Texas at Austin, Texas Partial MSN (Alternate Entry MSN Program) - RW

C - *3.2.1.b. Full Approval with No Recommendations and No Requirements

Diploma Nursing Educational Program
Baptist Health System in San Antonio, Texas - DJ
Covenant School of Nursing in Lubbock, Texas - VA
Associate Degree Nursing Educational Programs
Angelina College in Lufkin, Texas - VA
Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas - JH
Cisco Junior College - Generic ADN in Abilene, Texas - DJ
Cisco Junior College - LVN to ADN in Abilene, Texas - DJ
Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas - RW
El Paso Community College in El Paso, Texas - DJ
Hill College in Hillsboro, Texas - VA
Howard College in Big Spring, Texas - VA
McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas - DJ
Northeast Texas Community College in Mt. Pleasant, Texas - DJ
Odessa College in Odessa, Texas - VA
Paris Junior College in Paris, Texas - DJ
San Antonio College in San Antonio, Texas - VA
San Jacinto College South in Houston, Texas - VA
South Texas College in McAllen, Texas - JH
Tarrant County College in Fort Worth, Texas - JH
Texarkana College in Texarkana, Texas - VA
Trinity Valley Community College in Kaufman, Texas - DJ
University of Texas at Brownsville & Texas Southmost College in Brownsville, Texas-VA
Vernon College in Vernon, Texas - RW
Victoria College in Victoria, Texas - DJ
Baccalaureate Degree Nursing Educational Programs
Baylor University in Dallas, Texas - VA
Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas - RW
Patty Hanks Shelton School of Nursing in Abilene, Texas - JH
Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi, Texas - RW
Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas - VA
Texas Tech University Health Science Center in Lubbock, Texas - DJ
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas - RW
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas - RW
University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas - JH

C - *3.2.2. Notification of Consolidation of Vocational Nursing Educational Programs - South Texas College at McAllen, Texas, Day and Evening, South Texas at Rio Grande City, Texas, and South Texas College at Weslaco, Texas - JH

C - *3.2.3. Petition for Faculty Waiver - Southwestern Adventist University, Baccalaureate Degree Nursing Educational Program at Keene, Texas - DJ

C - *3.2.4. Summary and Analysis of 2006 Annual Report Data Submitted by Texas BNE Approved Vocational and Professional Nursing Educational Programs - VA/RW

*3.2.5. Consideration of Proposed Change of Approval Status Based on 2007 NCLEX-PN® Examination Pass Rates, Review of 2007 Nursing Education Program Information Survey (NEPIS) and 2007 Compliance Audit of Nursing Education (CANEP), and Report of Survey Visit - Platt Health Careers Training in Dallas, Texas, Vocational Nursing Educational Program - JH/KN

*3.2.6. Public Hearing for Proposal to Establish a New Nursing Educational Program

*3.2.6.a. Career Point Institute in San Antonio, Texas, Vocational Nursing Educational Program - RW/KN
*3.2.6.b. Coastal Bend College in Beeville, Texas, Associate Degree Nursing Educational Program - RW/VA

4. ENFORCEMENT

*4.1. Criminal Background Check Update - TD

*4.2. Process to Ensure that Alleged Practice Violations of Impaired Nurses are Reviewed by Board Staff - TD

5. COMMITTEE REPORTS

5.1. Board Committees

C - *5.1.1. Eligibility and Disciplinary Committee - JS

C - *5.1.2. Strategic Planning/2nd Quarter Report - MM/KT

5.1.3. Development and Evaluation - RaG

5.2. Advisory Committees/Task Forces

*5.2.1. Advanced Practice Nursing Advisory Committee - LR/JZ

5.2.2. Nursing Practice Advisory Committee - CM

*5.2.3. Advisory Committee on Education - EC/BJ/RW

5.2.4. Task Force on Licensure, Eligibility and Discipline - JWJ

5.3. Collaboration with Outside Agencies/Stakeholders

5.3.1. Texas Peer Assistance Program for Nurses Advisory Committee - RW

5.3.2. Texas Nurses Association Competency Task Force - MBT

5.3.3. Statewide Health Coordinating Council Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies Advisory Committee - KT

5.3.4. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Nursing Education Updates Related to Accreditation of Academic Institutions - MBT

5.3.5. Taxonomy of Error Root Cause Analysis of Practice Responsibilities (TERCAP) - MBT

5.3.6. Health Alliance Safety Partnership Annual Report - MBT/DS

5.3.7. Report of Meeting with the Health and Human Services Commission Tele-medicine Advisory Committee - KT

5.3.8. Report of Meeting with the Texas Department of Public Safety Advisory Committee for the Improvement of the Texas Prescription Program - JZ

5.3.9. Texas Department of State Health Services Abortion Facility Licensing Rules Stakeholder Meeting - CM/JZ

OPEN FORUM: Thursday, 1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

6. OLD BUSINESS

*6.1. Nurse Licensure Compact Update - KT

6.2. Reports Related to Sunset bill HB2426

*6.2.1 Status Report Relating to Selection of National Nursing Accrediting Agencies by the Board - MBT/DJ/JH

*6.2.2. Status Report Relating to Streamlining of the Texas Board of Nursing's Initial Approval Process for Nursing Education Programs - RW/MBT

*6.2.3. Status Report Relating to Development of a Process Allowing for Board Approval of Hospital-Based Diploma Programs - RW/DJ/MBT

6.2.4. Status Report on Implementation of the Jurisprudence Examination - MM/MBT

*6.3. Draft Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Joint Dialogue Paper: Consensus Paper for APRN Regulation - KT

*6.4. Adoption of Repeal of - 217.19 and 217.20, and Adoption of New - 217.19 and 217.20, Relating to Incident - Based and Safe Harbor Peer Review, Respectively, and Consideration of Comments and Response to Comments Submitted in Response to Publication of Proposals - CM/JS

7. NEW BUSINESS

*7.1. Texas Peer Assistance Program for Nurses (TPAPN)

C - **7.1.1. Quarterly Report - MVD

7.2. Items Related to Sunset Bill HB2426

*7.2.1. Consideration of Proposed Amendments to 22 Texas Administrative Code - 213.27 (Good Professional Character), - 213.28 (Licensure of Persons with Criminal Convictions), - 213.29 (Criteria and Procedure Regarding Intemperate Use and Lack of Fitness in Eligibility and Disciplinary Matters), - 213.30 (Declaratory Order of Eligibility for Licensure), and - 213.33 (Factors Considered for Imposition of Penalties/Sanctions and/or Fines) - JWJ
*7.2.2. Consideration of Proposed Disciplinary Matrix, or in the Alternative, Approval to Pilot Disciplinary Matrix - JWJ

*7.3. Proposed Amendments to - 213.12, Relating to Witness Fees and Expenses - JS

*7.4. Proposed Amendment to 223.1, Fees, Relating to Reduction in Certain Fees - MM/JS

C - *7.5. Proposed Rule Reviews of Chapters 213 (Practice and Procedure), 216 (Continuing Education), and 221 (Advanced Practice Nurses) - JS

*7.6. Consideration and Adoption of Criminal Background Check Policy as it Relates to Licensees, Applicants for Licensure, and Employees of the Agency - JS

*7.7. Health Professions Council Annual Report - KT

*7.8. Status of Cease and Desist Orders from the Texas Workforce Commission Regarding Nursing Education Programs - VA

7.9. Department of State Health Services and Texas Board of Nursing Disaster Preparedness Activities - MM/TS

8. PROPOSED BOARD ORDERS

C - *8.1. ALJ Proposal for Decision

Mares, Donna L. RN #238500

Martinez, Denise M. LVN #116301

McGuire, Norman W. RN #637537

C - *8.2. Agreed Orders

Beringer, Brenda A LVN #195402

Black, Betty Christine LVN #68815

Boatright, Dayna M. Barta RN #229722

Crowley, Gregory Paul RN #675829

Depriest, Patricia Anne RN #511153

Dyet, Anita Louise RN #608259

Early-Jenkins, Pat Kay RN #535203

Evans, Melanie Jean RN #707078

Fennell, Gladys Nell RN #701535 / LVN #100028

Fleetwood, Patricia Ann LVN #134955

Foster, Shontell Davon (Guillory) RN #688852

George, Stephen Hugh RN #571929

Hamala, Tonya Rena RN #729138 / LVN# 189054

Hollingsworth, Linda June RN #524812

Honeycutt, Megan Kathleen LVN #203638

Hudson, Karen RN #657895

Inglehart, Robert Charles RN #249774

Jimenez, Maria Dolores LVN #138621

Johnson, Dorothy Faye RN #589209 / LVN# 70009

Lester, Autumn Renee Hamilton RN #671341

Marroquin, Edward RN #739052

McElfresh, Martha LVN #53480

Miday, Ada Shaylnn LVN #193611

Mitchell, Brandi Dawn LVN #185659

Moncivaiz, Raymond H. RN #627267

Parks Diane Marie LVN #93924

Potts, Teri Anne RN #656798 / LVN# 161068

Raven, Andrew RN #637760

Roberts, Deborah C. RN #252958

Schlebus, Melissa A. RN #679507

Shelton, Misty Michelle LVN #151996

Sosniecki, Katherine Ann RN #581945

Wengrovitz, Lisa RN #609078

Wiswall, James David RN #607962

*8.3. Reinstatement Agreed Orders

Aguilar, Katherine L. RN #658061

Allbritton, Sheri Diane LVN #153324

Gregg, Cynthia Ellen LVN #83974

Redmon-Brown, Teresa RN #657677

Spence, David Lewis RN #257617

*8.4. Eligibility Agreed Orders

Barker, Tommy Joe LVN

Chavez, Michelle Lee RN

Hedrick, Terri RN

Hernandez, Henry E. RN

Paul, Yestial Ly’Shette LVN

Renteria, Cristina Elizabeth LVN

Smith, Josh Wayne RN

Smith, Lynka Vanessa LVN

Westbrooks, Kemyla Yvonne RN

Yanes, Sylvia Renee LVN

*8.5. In the Matter of Applicant for Initial RN Licensure Michael K. Thompson, Consideration of Proposed Eligibility Agreed Order - VC/KT

*8.6. In the Matter of Permanent Certificate Numbers 502150 and 53638, Issued to Melinda F. Rodgers, Docket Number 507-07-2817 - VCJ

8.6.1. Consideration of the Administrative Law Judge’s Proposal for Decision in Docket No. 507-07-2817

8.6.2. Consideration of Staff’s Presentation and Recommendations for Disposition of Docket No. 507-07-2817, Including Adoption of the Proposal for Decision Finding of Facts and Conclusions of Law with Modifications Consistent with the Board’s Opinion

8.6.3. Consideration of Presentation and Recommendation by Melinda F. Rodgers, Respondent, Docket No. 507-07-2817

8.6.4. Executive Session Pursuant to - 551.071(1), Texas Government Code, to Discuss Pending or Contemplated Litigation In the Matter of Permanent Certificate Numbers 502150 and 53638, Issued to Melinda F. Rodgers

8.6.5. Convene in Open Session to Consider Recommendations and Take Action In the Matter of Permanent Certificate Numbers 502150 and 53638, Issued to Melinda F. Rodgers

9. MISCELLANEOUS

9.1. Board Items of Interest for Future Board Meetings

9.2. Board Development: Eligibility and Disciplinary Committee Process - JWJ

*9.3. Review of the Board Quarterly Meeting Evaluation - LR

9.4. Appointment of Board Member to attend NCSBN Annual Meeting, August 5-8, 2008 - LR

*9.5. Survey of Organizational Excellence, UT School of Social Work - MM/N.Landuyt

9.6. Executive Director and Board Evaluation Process - LR

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