(a) Texas Health and Safety Code §242.303 established the Nursing Facility Administrators Advisory Committee (NFAAC). The NFAAC advises DADS on the licensing of nursing facility administrators.
(b) The tasks of the NFAAC include:
  (1) advising DADS on nursing facility administration licensing issues, including the content of nursing facility administrator license applications and examinations;
  (2) reviewing and recommending rules and minimum standards of conduct for the practice of nursing facility administration; and
  (3) reviewing all complaints against nursing facility administrators and making recommendations to DADS regarding disciplinary actions.
(c) The NFAAC has 9 members appointed by the governor consisting of:
  (1) three licensed nursing facility administrators, one of whom represents 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 with persons who are chronically ill or disabled.
(d) A quorum of 5 members is required to convene a meeting and transact committee business.
(e) Members of the NFAAC serve for staggered terms of six years, with the terms of three members expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered year. Vacancies on the NFAAC are filled in the same manner in which the position was originally filled by a person who meets the qualifications necessary for the vacated position.
(f) The NFAAC meets quarterly and submits minutes of the quarterly meetings to the commissioner or designee.
(g) The NFAAC is abolished on March 1, 2026.

Source Note: The provisions of this §351.838 adopted to be effective March 20, 2016, 41 TexReg 1971; transferred effective July 19, 2024, as published in the June 21, 2024, issue of the Texas Register, 49 TexReg 4603