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RN Update January 1998
Volume 29, No. 1
A Word from the Executive Director
The Difference Between
Board and Agency
Frequently, constituents of the Board of Nurse
Examiners (The Board)are confused about the
difference between The Board and the agency.
This confusion, no doubt, arises in part
because of the very title of the agency -- The
Kathy Thomas, MN, RN Board ofNurse Examiners (BNE).
The BNE is a state agency in Texas government. The members of The Board
are appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. The members
serve as a policy making board and adopt rules to implement the Nursing
Practice Act, take disciplinary action on licensees, issue position statements,
and accredit schools of professional nursing. The Board is comprised of nine
members; three representing nursing education at the diploma, associate
degree and baccalaureate levels, three representing nursing practice, and three
consumer members. The members live in different areas of the state and
commute to Austin to attend meetings and hearings.
The Board hires anc evaluates the Executive Director who is responsible for
the operations of the agency and reports directly to The Board. The agency
carries out the policies established by The Board and performs the day to day
functions of the ager~cy. When anurse has alicensure question, wants to make
a complaint against a registered nurse, or has a regulatory question about
nursing practice, the n-rse should direct the call to the agency where staff are
prepared to address these concerns.
The chart below illustrates the relationship between The Board and the agency.
Governor
Board of Nurse Examiners
(9 members)
Agency Head/Executive Director
StaffBOARD MEMBERS
1997 - 1998
Officers
Kenneth W. Lowrance, MS, RN,
CS,FNP-C
President
Nursing Practice
Clifton
DorisPrice-Nealy, MSN, RN
Vice-President
ADNPrograms
Beaumont
Members
Nancy Boston
Consumer Member
Temple
Mary Letrice Brown, RN
Nursing Practice
Dallas
John Fonteno
Consumer Member
Houston
Roselyn Holloway, MSN, RN
Diploma Programs
Lubbock
Marcelo Laijas, Jr.
Consumer Member
Floresville
Thalia Munoz, MS, RN
Nursing Practice
RioGrandeCity
ElizabethPoster,PhD,RN
BSN Programs
Arlington
Executive Director
KathyThomas,MN,RN2
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