Sec. 242.303.  MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  A member of the board who is an administrator must:
(1)  be a resident of this state and a citizen of the United States;
(2)  be licensed under this subchapter and currently serving as a nursing facility administrator or have direct supervisory responsibility on a daily basis over an administrator who works in a nursing facility;  and
(3)  hold a degree from an accredited four-year college or university.
(b)  An administrator who does not have a degree as required by Subsection (a)(3) may be qualified to serve as a member of the board if the administrator has two years of practical experience as an administrator for every year less than four that the administrator has completed at a four-year college or university.
(c)  A member or employee of the board may not:
(1)  be an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a trade association in the nursing facility industry;  or
(2)  be related within the second degree by affinity or within the third degree by consanguinity to an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a trade association in the nursing facility industry.
(d)  A member of the board who represents the general public may not have a financial interest, other than as a consumer, in a nursing facility as an officer, director, partner, owner, employee, attorney, or paid consultant or be related within the second degree by affinity or within the third degree by consanguinity to a person who has a financial interest, other than as a consumer, in a nursing facility as an officer, director, partner, owner, employee, attorney, or paid consultant.
(e)  A person who is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, because of the person's activities for compensation on behalf of a profession related to the operation of the board may not serve on the board.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1280, Sec. 2.01.