Sec. 304.009. WITHDRAWAL FROM COMPACT. (a) The governor may withdraw this state from the Nurse Licensure Compact if the Texas Board of Nursing notifies the governor that a state that is party to the compact changed, after January 1, 1999, the state's requirements for licensing a nurse and that the state's requirements, as changed, are substantially lower than the requirements for licensing a nurse in this state.
(b) The governor may completely withdraw this state from the Nurse Licensure Compact or may limit withdrawal to the application of the compact to registered nurses or vocational nurses.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.130(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 553, Sec. 2.029, eff. Feb. 1, 2004.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 889 (H.B. 2426), Sec. 45, eff. September 1, 2007.
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