Sec. 242.303. MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS. (a) A member of the board who is an administrator must:
(1) be a resident of this state and a citizen of the United States;
(2) be licensed under this subchapter and currently serving as a nursing facility administrator or have direct supervisory responsibility on a daily basis over an administrator who works in a nursing facility; and
(3) hold a degree from an accredited four-year college or university.
(b) An administrator who does not have a degree as required by Subsection (a)(3) may be qualified to serve as a member of the board if the administrator has two years of practical experience as an administrator for every year less than four that the administrator has completed at a four-year college or university.
(c) A member or employee of the board may not:
(1) be an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a trade association in the nursing facility industry; or
(2) be related within the second degree by affinity or within the third degree by consanguinity to an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a trade association in the nursing facility industry.
(d) Expired.
(e) A person who is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, because of the person's activities for compensation on behalf of a profession related to the operation of the board may not serve on the board.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1280, Sec. 2.01.
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