Sec. 61.9622.  PROGRAM.  A professional nursing shortage reduction program is established.  The board shall administer the professional nursing shortage reduction program to make grants to professional nursing programs and other entities involved with a professional nursing program in the preparation of students for initial licensure as registered nurses in order to increase the number and types of registered nurses to meet the needs for registered nurses in the state.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1489, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.  Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 61.922 by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1275, Sec. 2(42), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.