(a) Authority for this subchapter is provided in the Texas Education Code, Chapter 61, Subchapter JJ, Nursing Faculty Loan Repayment Assistance Program. These rules establish procedures to administer the subchapter as prescribed in the Texas Education Code, §§61.9821 - 61.9828.
(b) The purpose of the Nursing Faculty Loan Repayment Assistance Program is to improve access to nursing education programs by encouraging qualified nurses to serve as faculty at eligible institutions of higher education in positions that require an advanced degree in professional nursing.

Source Note: The provisions of this §23.186 adopted to be effective November 20, 2013, 38 TexReg 8199; transferred effective December 15, 2016, as published in the Texas Register November 25, 2016, 41 TexReg 9341; amended to be effective November 29, 2017, 42 TexReg 6626