Texas § 301.4551 TEMPORARY LICENSE SUSPENSION FOR DRUG OR ALCOHOL USE.

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§ 301.4551 — TEMPORARY LICENSE SUSPENSION FOR DRUG OR ALCOHOL USE.

Texas § 301.4551

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Tex. Occupations Code Code Ann. § 301.4551 (2026).

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Sec. 301.4551. TEMPORARY LICENSE SUSPENSION FOR DRUG OR ALCOHOL USE.

(a)The board shall temporarily suspend the license of a nurse as provided by Section 301.455 if the nurse is under a board order prohibiting the use of alcohol or a drug or requiring the nurse to participate in a peer assistance program, and the nurse:

(1)tests positive for alcohol or a prohibited drug;

(2)refuses to comply with a board order to submit to a drug or alcohol test; or

(3)fails to participate in the peer assistance program and the program issues a letter of dismissal and referral to the board for noncompliance.

(b)For the purposes of Section 301.455 (c), proof of the elements required for the board to suspend a license under this section is proof that probable cause of a continuing and imminent threat to

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Sec. 301.4551. TEMPORARY LICENSE SUSPENSION FOR DRUG OR ALCOHOL USE. (a) The board shall temporarily suspend the license of a nurse as provided by Section 301.455 if the nurse is under a board order prohibiting the use of alcohol or a drug or requiring the nurse to participate in a peer assistance program, and the nurse:
(1) tests positive for alcohol or a prohibited drug;
(2) refuses to comply with a board order to submit to a drug or alcohol test; or
(3) fails to participate in the peer assistance program and the program issues a letter of dismissal and referral to the board for noncompliance.
(b) For the purposes of Section 301.455 (c), proof of the elements required for the board to suspend a license under this section is proof that probable cause of a continuing and imminent threat to the public welfare exists.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 999 (H.B. 3961 ), Sec. 13, eff. June 19, 2009. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 878 (S.B. 193 ), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2011.