Sec. 242.302.  TEXAS BOARD OF NURSING FACILITY ADMINISTRATORS.  (a)  The Texas Board of Nursing Facility Administrators is within the department.
(b)  The board is composed of nine members appointed by the governor as follows:
(1)  three licensed nursing facility administrators, at least one of whom shall represent a not-for-profit nursing facility;
(2)  one physician with experience in geriatrics who is not employed by a nursing facility;
(3)  one registered nurse with experience in geriatrics who is not employed by a nursing facility;
(4)  one social worker with experience in geriatrics who is not employed by a nursing facility;  and
(5)  three public members with experience working with the chronically ill and infirm as provided by 42 U.S.C. Section 1396g.
(c)  Members of the board serve staggered six-year terms, with the terms of three members expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered year.  A person appointed to fill a vacancy on the board shall serve for the unexpired portion of the term for which the person is appointed.
(d)  Appointments to the board shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, or national origin of the person appointed.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1280, Sec. 2.01.