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78R7477 MXM-D

By:  Brown of Brazos                                              H.B. No. 2428



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to education requirements for vocational nurses.                     
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 302.302, Occupations Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	Sec. 302.302.  LICENSE APPLICATION.  Each applicant for a 
vocational nurse license must submit to the board an application on 
a form furnished by the board that contains satisfactory sworn 
evidence that the applicant:
		(1)  holds a high school diploma issued by an 
accredited public or private secondary school or equivalent 
educational credentials approved by the board, including 
equivalent credentials acquired through a program of home 
schooling; and
		(2)  has completed a vocational nurse education program 
in an institution that is approved by the board or another state.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 
applies only to an application submitted on or after that date.