2007 Texas Legislation

  • NEW! Effective November 1, 2008 Nursing Continuing Education requirements related to the 20 contact hours needed for licensure renewal have changed. Read the new Texas BON legislation affecting renewing, reactivating, or reinstating of your RN license. Select, http://www.bon.state.tx.us/about/news030708.html and http://www.bon.state.tx.us/nursingeducation/ceu.html

  • NEW!  New graduates who apply on or after September 1, 2008 for initial licensure will be required to take and pass the Nursing Jurisprudence Exam in addition to NCLEX in order to receive their license.

  • NEW!  Nurses seeking licensure by endorsement with the State of Texas will also be required to take and pass the Nursing Jurisprudence Exam.  This is a new regulation out of the 2007 Texas Legislative Session. Here’s the link to the latest copy of the Texas BON Quarterly Newsletter that reports on this change: http://www.bon.state.tx.us/about/newsletters.html

  • FACTOID: Are you wondering why it says Texas BON instead of Texas BNE?  The name was changed from Board of Nursing Examiners to Board of Nursing.

  • MISSION of Texas Board of Nursing:  To protect and promote the welfare of the people of Texas by ensuring that each person holding a alicense as a nurse in the State of Texas is competent to practice safely.  Read more by visitng,  Texas Board of Nurse Examiners and Nurse Practice Act/Rules & Regulations and ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements

  • BON Newsletters:  Available for download from the BON website. Newletters posted every January, April, July and October.  Read current information related to nursing practice and assist Texas BON in identifying employment practices of individuals pictured in IMPOSTER WARNING section. BON Newsletters link,  http://www.bon.state.tx.us/about/newsletters.html You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print any Adobe Acrobat files.