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Regular Meeting - Arpil 19-20, 2018

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Agenda

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CALL TO ORDER - 8:30 a.m.

REVIEW OF AGENDA pdf

REVIEW OF THE MINUTES: January 18-19, 2018 Board Meeting Minutes

Open Forum: Thursday, April 18th, 1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m

CONSENT AGENDA:

1.2.1. Update of Pending Litigation in the Matters

Ex Parte Brian Zalesky, Cause No. D-1-EX-09-000516, 427th Judicial District Court, Travis County, Texas;
Stanley Payne, Plaintiff, vs. Texas Board of Nurse Examiners a/k/a Texas Board of Nursing, Defendant, Cause
No. D-1-GN-12-003072, in the 126th Judicial District Court, Travis County, Texas;
Amy Jeanette Banda vs. Texas Board of Nursing, Cause No. D-1-GN-15-005691; In the 98th Judicial District,
Travis County, Texas;
Thai Lashel Ramsey v. Texas Board of Nursing, Cause No. D-1-GN-17-003512, In the 126th Judicial District,
Travis County, Texas;
Nancy Nichols, v. Texas Board of Nursing, Cause No. 68809A, in the District Court, Randall County, Texas; and
In Re Yvonne Brown, Court of Appeals, Fifth Judicial District, Cause No. 05-17-01161-CV.
The Board Reserves the Right to Convene in Executive Session, if Necessary, Pursuant to
§551.071(1), Texas Government Code, to Discuss Pending or Contemplated Litigation in these Matters

2.1. Financial Statement – 2nd Quarter, Fiscal Year 2018 - MMajek/LPerez
3.1.1 Promoting Competency Report - LLaws
3.2.1. Status Report on New Nursing Education Programs and Active and Potential Proposals - JHooper
3.2.2. Status Report on Programs with Sanctions - JHooper
3.2.3. Report on Communication Activities with Nursing Education Programs - SLee
3.2.4. Report of 2017 NCLEX-PN® Examination Pass Rates for Vocational Nursing Education Programs – JHooper
3.2.5. Report of Outcomes of the Military Track at Baptist Health System School of Health Professions in San Antonio, Texas – Vocational Nursing Education Program – VAyars
3.2.6. Consideration of Notification of Closure of a Nursing Education Program – Cephas Center for Health Sciences in Dallas, Texas – Vocational Nursing Education Program - GVarnell
3.2.7. Consideration of Reports of Survey Visits
- 3.2.7.a. Grayson College in Van Alstyne, Texas – Vocational Nursing Education Program - SLee
- 3.2.7.b. Trinity Valley Community College in Kaufman, Texas – Vocational Nursing Education Program – SLee
- 3.2.7.c. Trinity Valley Community College in Palestine, Texas – Vocational Nursing Education Program – SLee
- 3.2.7.d. Tyler Junior College in Tyler, Texas – Vocational Nursing Education Program – SLee
- 3.2.7.e. Tyler Junior College in Tyler, Texas – Associate Degree Nursing Education Program - SLee
3.2.8. Consideration of Change in Approval Status from Initial Approval to Full Approval
- 3.2.8.a. Texas Health School in Houston, Texas – Vocational Nursing Education Program - SLee
3.2.9 Consideration of Change in Approval Status from Full Approval with Warning to Full Approval
- 3.2.9.a. Joe G. Davis School of Vocational Nursing in Huntsville, Texas – Vocational Nursing Education Program – SLee
- 3.2.9.b. Schreiner University in Kerrville, Texas – Vocational Nursing Education Program - VAyars
3.2.10 Consideration of Change in Approval Status from Full Approval to Full Approval with Warning
- 3.2.10.a. Clarendon College in Pampa, Texas – Vocational Nursing Education Program – BSkloss
- 3.2.10.b. Kilgore College in Longview, Texas – Vocational Nursing Education Program – SLee
4.1. Criminal Background Check Update - TDiggs
4.2. Complaint Status Report- TDiggs
5.1.1. Eligibility and Disciplinary Committee - JWJohnston
5.1.2. Quarterly Statistical Report – 2nd Quarter, Fiscal Year 2018 - MMajek/KThomas
6.1. Nurse Licensure Compact Update - KThomas
6.2 Adoption of Repeal of 22 Tex. Admin. Code §220.2- §220.4, and Amendments to 22 Tex. Admin. Code §220.1-
JAbel
7.1. Texas Peer Assistan Program for Nurses (TPAPN)
- 7.1.1. TPAPN Quarterly Report
- 7.1.2. Texas Peer Assistance Program for Nurses Third Party Referral Report - TDiggs
7.2. Review of the Health Professions Council Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2017 - KThomas
8.1. Agreed Orders
8.2. Agreed Orders - KSTAR Program
8.3. Deferred Agreed Orders
8.4. Reinstatement Agreed
8.5. Eligibility Agreed Orders

1. ADMINISTRATION
- *1.1. Executive Director’s Report - KThomas
- 1.2. Legal - JWJohnston
  - C *1.2.1 Update of Pending Litigation in Matters of:
    - Ex Parte Brian Zalesky, Cause No. D-1-EX-09-000516, 427th Judicial District Court, Travis
      County, Texas;
    - Stanley Payne, Plaintiff, vs. Texas Board of Nurse Examiners a/k/a Texas Board of Nursing,
      Defendant, Cause No. D-1-GN-12-003072, in the 126th Judicial District Court, Travis County,
      Texas;
    - Amy Jeanette Banda vs. Texas Board of Nursing, Cause No. D-1-GN-15-005691; In the 98th
      Judicial District, Travis County, Texas;
    - Thai Lashel Ramsey v. Texas Board of Nursing, Cause No. D-1-GN-17-003512, In the 126th
      Judicial District, Travis County, Texas;
    - Nancy Nichols, v. Texas Board of Nursing, Cause No. 68809A, in the District Court, Randall
      County, Texas; and In Re Yvonne Brown, Court of Appeals, Fifth Judicial District, Cause No. 05-17-01161-CV.
    - The Board Reserves the Right to Convene in Executive Session, if Necessary, Pursuant to
      §551.071(1), Texas Government Code, to Discuss Pending or Contemplated Litigation in these
      Matters.
2. OPERATIONS
- C *2.1. Financial Statement – 2nd Quarter, Fiscal Year 2018 - MMajek/LPerez
3. NURSING
- 3.1 Practice
  - *3.1.1. Promoting Competency Report – LLaws
  - *3.1.2. Report on Implementation of the Knowledge Skills Training Assessment and Research (KSTAR) Pilot - KBenton/SCaddell
- 3.2. Education
  - C *3.2.1. Status Report on New Nursing Education Programs and Currently Active and Potential
    Proposals – JHooper
  - C *3.2.2. Status Report on Programs with Sanctions - JHooper
  - C *3.2.3. Report on Communication Activities with Nursing Education Programs - SLee
  - C *3.2.4. Report of 2017 NCLEX-PN® Examination Pass Rates for Vocational Nursing Education
    Programs – JHooper
  - C *3.2.5. Report of Outcomes of the Military Track at Baptist Health System School of Health Professions
    in San Antonio, Texas – Vocational Nursing Education Program – VAyars
  - C *3.2.6. Consideration of Notification of Closure of a Nursing Education Program – Cephas Center for
    Health Sciences in Dallas, Texas – Vocational Nursing Education Program - GVarnell
  - 3.2.7. Consideration of Reports of Survey Visits
  - 3.2.8. Consideration of Change in Approval Status from Initial Approval to Full Approval
  - 3.2.9. Consideration of Change in Approval Status from Full Approval with Warning to Full Approval
  - 3.2.10. Consideration of Change in Approval Status from Full Approval to Full Approval with Warning
  - 3.2.11. Consideration of Change in Approval Status from Initial Approval to Initial Approval with
    Warning
    - *3.2.11.a. Cybertex Institute of Technology in Austin, Texas – Vocational Nursing Education Program
      -SLee
  - 3.2.12. Consideration of Change in Approval Status from Full Approval with Warning to Conditional
    Approval and Consideration of Report of Survey Visit
  - 3.2.13. Consideration of Change in Approval Status from Full Approval with Warning to Conditional
    Approval
  - 3.2.14. Consideration of Proposal to Establish a New Nursing Education Program
    - *3.2.14.a. Hallmark University in San Antonio, Texas – Baccalaureate Degree Nursing Education Program – VAyars
  - *3.2.15. Report of the Outcome of the Innovative Pilot Program Project Conducted by South Texas College in McAllen, Texas – Associate Degree Nursing Education Program – SLee
  - 3.2.16. Report of Board Staff Review of a Proposal to Establish a Baccalaureate Degree Program in a Public Junior College – Austin Community College in Austin, Texas – JHooper/KBenton
4. ENFORCEMENT
- C *4.1. Criminal Background Check Update - TDiggs
- C*4.2. Complaint Status Report – TDiggs
5. COMMITTEE REPORTS
- 5.1. Board Committees
  - C *5.1.1. Eligibility and Disciplinary Committee - JWJohnston
  - C *5.1.2. Quarterly Statistical Report – 2nd Quarter, Fiscal Year 2018 - MMajek/KThomas
  - 5.1.3. Development and Evaluation - PClapp/DJackson
- 5.2. Advisory Committees/Task Forces
  - 5.2.1. Advanced Practice Nursing Advisory Committee - KShipp/JZych
    - *5.2.1.a. Consideration of Request for Charge to the Advanced Practice Nursing Advisory Committee - JZych
  - 5.2.2. Nursing Practice Advisory Committee - LDisque/DFlores/KSinay
    - *5.2.2.a. Consideration of Request for Charge to the Nursing Practice Advisory Committee - KSinay
  - 5.2.3. Advisory Committee on Education - NAlmasy/APEdwards/DJackson/KBenton/VAyars
  - 5.2.4. Advisory Committee on Licensure, Eligibility and Discipline - PClapp/JWJohnston/JAbel
  - 5.2.5. Task Force to Study Implications of Growth of Texas Nursing Education Programs - APEdwards/LDisque/KBenton
- 5.3. Collaboration with Outside Agencies/Stakeholders
  - 5.3.1. Statewide Health Coordinating Council Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies Advisory Committee - KThomas
  - 5.3.2. Updates Related to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the Texas Workforce Commission, and the Texas Education Agency – KBenton
  - 5.3.3. Taxonomy of Error Root Cause Analysis of Practice Responsibility (TERCAP)
    - 5.3.3.a. National Council of State Boards of Nursing - Taxonomy of Error Root Cause Analysis of Practice Responsibility (TERCAP) – SCaddell
    - 5.3.3.b. Texas - Taxonomy of Error Root Cause Analysis of Practice Responsibility (TERCAP) – EMcDermott
  - 5.3.4. Texas Team Report - Robert Wood Johnson Initiative - SLee
  - 5.3.5. National Council of State Boards of Nursing
    - 5.3.5.a. Report on the National Council of State Boards of Nursing Mid-Year Meeting held March 5-7, 2018 in Chicago, IL
    - 5.3.5.b. Appointment of Board Members to attend the NCSBN Annual Meeting to be held August 15-17, 2018 in Minneapolis, MN - KShipp
  - 5.3.6. Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas School Health Program
    - 5.3.6.a. Report on Nurse Delegation in the Public School Setting – KBenton/LLaws
  - 5.3.7. Texas Health and Human Services Commission e-Health Advisory Committee - EMcDermott

Open Forum: Thursday, 1:30pm to 2:00pm

6. OLD BUSINESS

7. NEW BUSINESS

7.1. Texas Peer Assistance Program for Nurses (TPAPN)

C **7.1.1. Texas Peer Assistance Program for Nurses Quarterly Report–CZolnierek

C *7.1.2. Texas Peer Assistance Program for Nurses Third Party Referral Report - TDiggs

7.1.3. Texas Peer Assistance Program for Nurses Advisory Committee - DBenbow

C *7.2. Review of the Health Professions Council Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2017 - KThomas

*7.3. Consideration of Proposed Legislative Appropriations Request (LAR) Exceptional Items for Fiscal Years 2020-2021 - MMajek/KThomas

*7.4. Quality Assurance Review of Texas Board of Nursing Internal Audit Activity –MMajek/DBell/KThomas/JStepp/DMacCabe

*7.5. Consideration of Proposed Amendments to 22 Tex. Admin. Code Chapter 215, relating to Professional Nursing Education-JAbel

*7.6. Consideration of Proposed Amendments to 22 Tex. Admin. Code Chapter 214, relating to Vocational Nursing Education-JAbel

*7.7. Consideration of Proposed Amendments to 22 Tex. Admin. Code §217.1, relating to Definitions-JAbel

*7.8. Consideration of Proposed Amendments to 22 Tex. Admin. Code §217.14, relating to Registered Nurses Performing Radiologic Procedures-JAbel

*7.9. Consideration of Proposed New 22 Tex. Admin. Code §217.23, relating to Balance Billing-JAbel

*7.10. Consideration of Request to Approve the Certified Nurse Educator Certification to Meet Continuing Competency Requirements for Licensure Renewal– EMcDermott

7.11. Report of the April 13, 2018 Staff Site Visit and Review of the NCLEX-PN® and NCLEX-RN® Examinations - DFlores/CHughes/EMcDermott

8. PROPOSED BOARD ORDERS

C *8.1. Agreed Orders

Adefolarin, Olubunmi Nuratu LVN# 227112
Alvarez-Bernal, David LVN# 231944
Babalola, Mobolaji Tosin LVN# 221790
Bisson, Lisa Ann RN# 586213
Bounds, Jackie Elizabeth RN# 812187
Brown, Gloria Jean LVN# 92263
Burrill, Kellye Harbin RN# 792230
Chavez, Mary LVN# 724988
Citizen, Jacqueline Denise LVN# 199479
Curtis, Jackie T. RN# 533040
Eaker, Anika Lea LVN# 316473
Freeman, Bridget Ann LVN# 149276
Garcia, Vanessa Marie LVN# 310520
Gaston, Mandy Lynn RN# 810407
Gerhart, Lafonda Hodges RN# 604254/ LVN# 61561
Grayson, Donna RN# 500488
Henderson, Suzanna Beth LVN# 128249
Hepworth, Brandie Rose RN# 726130
Hinman, Angela D. RN# 662347
Irvine, Loreal Newsom RN# 699209
James, Deven Arlene MS PTPN LVN# 333888
Johnson, Wendy Weldon RN# 930132/ LVN# 307895
Juarez, Joel RN# 823322
Kamara, Saidu Ibrahim LVN# 229283
Kennedy, Tammy Lynn RN# 786041/ LVN# 216576
Klippenstein, Marlene RN# 622448
Kothe, Eric Chambers RN# 869080/ LVN# 153366
Laird, Susan Marie LVN# 150795
Martin, Deborah Rose RN# 640955
Martinez, Julio Cesar RN# 771258/ LVN# 208571
Mattson, Candace Jean APRN# AP122175/ RN# 695466
Mgbeahuru, Rose Chinyere RN# 708939
Nguyen, Linda RN# 883551
Pierce, Michelle Bridget RN# 801737
Pruitt, Patrick Eugene APRN# AP128782/ RN# 701417/ LVN# 174517
Ramsey-Perry, Heather Shauntelle LVN# 204037
Redd, Eki Theodora LVN# 325622
Rizo, Franchesca RN# 911044
Ross, Travis Daniel LVN# 308372
Solis III, Apolonio LVN# 228423
Speer, Tonya Rene APRN# AP114672/ RN# 681260
Suvalian, Tatiana V. APRN# AP124823/ RN# 765652/ LVN# 205373
Walker, Stephen Dale RN# 662642
Whiteside, Amy Michelle LVN# 186036
Wren, Larry Dean RN# 607276

C *8.2. Agreed Orders-KSTAR Program

Cho, Jae Sung RN# 762299
Gant, Arnar Jaishaun RN# 894781/ LVN# 233868
Husband, Latasha Marie RN# 908647
Koyuncuoglu, Leyla Maria RN# 892757
Rios, Jorge Antonio RN# 869086/ LVN# 311087
Salgado, Cecile Antolin RN# 706437

C *8.3. Deferred Agreed Orders

Ita, Georgina Efiom RN# 846880/ LVN# 234162

C *8.4. Reinstatement Agreed Orders

Gallimore, Jennifer Elaine LVN# 183445/ RN Exam Petitioner
Sullivan, Toni Marie LVN# 131151
Vincent, Kerensa Lynn RN# 712614
Wilcox, Eraida RN# 777212/ LVN# 195268

C *8.5. Eligibility Agreed Orders

Barnes, Elissa Anne RN Exam Petitioner
Clare, Scott Edward RN Exam Petitioner
Cobbs, Cheronda Denise LVN Exam Petitioner
Lamar, Porscha Latrice LVN Exam Petitioner
Roberts, Brittany Brown LVN Endorsement Petitioner
Talaro, Roxanna LVN Exam Petitioner
Villanueva, Raul LVN Exam Petitioner
Weathers, Jennifer Lauren RN Exam Petitioner
Wright, Shannon Benoit RN Exam Petitioner

8.6. ALJ Proposals for Decision

*8.6.1. Consideration of Proposal For Decision, Recommendations, proposed settlement agreements, if any, and Board action: In the Matter of Permanent Certificate RN#748195 and LVN#179828, Issued to RAYMOND BRISCOE, SOAH Docket No. 507-16-2765- JAbel

8.6.1.a. Executive Session pursuant to 551.071(1), Texas Government Code, to discuss pending or contemplated litigation: In the Matter of Permanent Certificate RN#748195 and LVN#179828, Issued to RAYMOND BRISCOE, SOAH Docket No. 507-16-2765

*8.6.2. Consideration of Proposal For Decision, Recommendations, proposed settlement agreements, if any, and Board action: In the Matter of Permanent Certificate LVN#210532, Issued to RHONDA D. FULLER, SOAH Docket No. 507-17-5604- JAbel

8.6.2.a. Executive Session pursuant to 551.071(1), Texas Government Code, to discuss pending or contemplated litigation: In the Matter of Permanent Certificate LVN#210532, Issued to RHONDA D. FULLER, SOAH Docket No. 507-17-5604

9. MISCELLANEOUS

9.1. Board Development: Sherman Act Anti-Trust Training - JWJohnston

*9.2. Review of the Board Quarterly Meeting Evaluation – KShipp

9.3. Executive Director and Board Evaluations - KShipp/KThomas

* - Written materials Sent from Office
** - Written materials Sent from third party
C - Item is placed on consent (no discussion of the material(s) required)