- (a) The advanced practice nurse may choose to change advanced practice nurse status to inactive by providing a written request for such change.
- (b) Inactive advanced practice status means that the registered professional nurse may not practice in the advanced practice specialty and role and may not hold himself/herself out to be an advanced practice nurse by using titles which imply that he/she is an advanced practice nurse. The inactive advanced practice nurse may not utilize his/her limited prescriptive authority.
Source Note:The provisions of this §221.9 adopted to be effective February 25, 2001, 26 TexReg 1509.