(a) The board shall appoint an advisory committee to advise the board concerning assistance provided under this subchapter to professional nursing students.
(1) The advisory committee shall consist of:
- (A) a chair named by the board;
- (B) one representative named by the Texas Nurses Association;
- (C) one representative named by the Texas Organization of Nurse Executives;
- (D) one representative named by the Board of Nurse Examiners;
- (E) a head of each of the three types of professional nursing educational programs, named by the deans and directors of nursing programs in this state;
- (F) a representative of graduate nursing education named by the deans and directors of nursing programs in this state;
- (G) one representative named by the Texas Health Care Association; and
- (H) one representative named by the Texas Association of Homes for the Aging.
- (2) The costs of participation on an advisory committee of a member representing a particular organization or agency shall be borne by that member or the organization or agency the member represents.
(b) The duties of the advisory committee shall be to:
- (1) advise the board on appropriate rules for the Professional Nursing Student Scholarship Programs;
- (2) advise the board on the priorities of emphasis among the scholarship, matching fund, and loan repayment programs provided for in Texas Education Code, Chapter 61, Subchapter L;
- (3) advise the board on the amount of money needed to fund adequately the Professional Nursing Student Scholarship Programs;
- (4) advise the board on the establishment of priorities among the criteria for consideration of application of application approval which are named in Texas Education Code, Chapter 61, Subchapter L and in these rules; and
- (5) assist the board in the dissemination of information on the Professional Nursing Student Scholarship Programs.
Source Note:The provisions of this §22.127 adopted to be effective September 8, 1997, 22 TexReg 8544.