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Amend CSHB 2950 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter D, Chapter 301, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Section 301.1583 to read as follows:
Sec. 301.1583. DISCIPLINARY RECORD. (a) The board shall remove a disciplinary action from a nurse's record on the board's Internet website if:
(1) the nurse applies to the board for removal;
(2) the disciplinary action is the only disciplinary action taken against the nurse;
(3) the disciplinary action was an administrative, clerical, or other minor violation not causing harm to a patient;
(4) the disciplinary action did not result in the suspension or revocation of, or the probation of the suspension or revocation of, the nurse's license;
(5) the disciplinary action does not provide any indication that continued practice by the nurse may risk harm to a patient; and
(6) the disciplinary action occurred at least five years before the date the nurse applied for removal.
(b) Information contained in the coordinated licensure information system, as defined in Section 304.0015 in Article II of the Nurse Licensure Compact, that is removed from the board's Internet website under this section may not be provided to a state that is not a party to the compact under that section or to any other person.