Bill Text: TX HB3578 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the acceptable examination pass rate for nursing educational programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-30 - Referred to Public Health [HB3578 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3578-Introduced.html
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| By: Guerra | H.B. No. 3578 | |
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| relating to the acceptable examination pass rate for nursing | ||
| educational programs. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 301.157(d-2), Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (d-2) The board shall calculate for each calendar year the | ||
| pass rate on applicable licensing examinations under this chapter | ||
| for a school of nursing or educational program. If for the | ||
| preceding three years the percentage of graduates of a school of | ||
| nursing or educational program who pass the applicable licensing | ||
| examination on the first try within six months of graduating from | ||
| the school or completing the program is 80 percent or more, the | ||
| school or program is considered to maintain an acceptable pass | ||
| rate. A school of nursing or educational program that fails to meet | ||
| or maintain an acceptable pass rate on applicable licensing | ||
| examinations under this chapter is subject to review by the | ||
| board. The board may assist the school or program in its effort to | ||
| achieve compliance with the board's standards. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018. | ||
