Section 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.Tex. Occ. Code § 301.4551
Amended By Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 878, Sec. 6, eff. 9/1/2011.Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 999, Sec. 13, eff. 6/19/2009.