MSDBE JURISPRUDENCE TEST PAPER 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Laws & Regulations Regarding Nursing - ✔✔- Texas Nurse Practice Act (NPA)
- Texas Board of Nursing (BON) Rules & Regulations
- BON Position Statements
Don't have the force of law, but the Board strongly encourages nurses to choose those
position statements applicable to their practice setting and incorporate them into their
daily practice to assure patient safety
✔✔The Texas Board of Nursing (BON) - ✔✔Established by passage of the NPA
BON empowered by NPA with the responsibility and legal authority for ensuring
competent practitioners of nursing.
Grants authority to the BON to make the rules and regulations to carry out the act.
✔✔The Board: - ✔✔protects the public from unsafe nursing practice, provides approval
for more than 200 nursing education programs, issues licenses to more than 27,000
nurses per year by examination to new graduates and by endorsement to licensees
from other states seeking a Texas license, as well as providing nursing practice and
education guidance to more than 350,000 currently licensed nurses practicing in the
State of Texas.
✔✔BON Responsibilities & Services - ✔✔Licensing qualified practitioners
Enforcement - investigating violations of the NPA and initiating appropriate legal action
when necessary
Establishing minimum standards for educational programs in nursing
✔✔BON Mission Statement - ✔✔To protect and promote the welfare of the people of
Texas by ensuring that each person holding a license as a nurse in the State of Texas
is competent to practice safely.
✔✔BON Mission Fulfilled Through - ✔✔The regulation of the practice of nursing, and
The approval of nursing education programs.
✔✔Licensure Required - ✔✔A person may not practice or offer to practice professional
nursing or vocational nursing in this state unless the person is licensed [NPA § 301.251]
This section of the NPA establishes the NPA as a practice control act for RNs and LVNs
✔✔Use of Titles - ✔✔Must hold a license to use the title:
, Registered Nurse or RN
Professional Nurse
Licensed Vocational Nurse or LVN
Any designation that implies that the person is a licensed registered or vocational nurse
✔✔Clearly Legible Insignia - ✔✔When interacting with the public in a nursing role, RNs
and LVNs must wear an insignia identifying them as RNs or LVNs [NPA § 301.351]
APRNs practicing in an advance practice role must identify themselves with their APRN
title
BON Rule 217.10(b) requires the nurse's first or last name and licensure level
✔✔Although the board does not require the inclusion of any other designations, with the
exception of the
specific authorization of advanced practice nurses, the insignia may not contain
information other than: - ✔✔(A) the registered nurse or licensed vocational nurse
designation;
(B) the nurse's name, certifications, academic degrees, or practice position;
(C) the name of the employing facility or agency, or other employer; or
(D) a picture of the nurse.
✔✔No More Paper Licenses - ✔✔The BON discontinued issuing wallet-sized paper
licenses for nurses renewing their licenses beginning September 1, 2008
Paper license certificates are issued for:
Graduate nurses who pass the NCLEX® exam and obtain their initial license in Texas;
Nurses who hold licenses in other states and are obtaining a Texas license for the first
time; and
Nurses who receive full licensure as APRNs
✔✔Licensure Verification - ✔✔Employers may verify the licensure status of all nurses
seeking employment online or by phone.
✔✔Renewal of Licensure - ✔✔60 days prior to license expiration, the BON will mail a
postcard reminder to renew online.
This is one of the reasons it is important to keep your contact information up to date!
✔✔Continuing Competency (TAC Chapter 216) - ✔✔Purpose: to ensure nurses stay
abreast of current industry practices, enhance their professional competence, learn
about new technology and treatment regimens, and update their clinical skills. [TAC §
216.2]
All nurses are required to demonstrate continuing competency for renewal of licensure.
Methods:
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Laws & Regulations Regarding Nursing - ✔✔- Texas Nurse Practice Act (NPA)
- Texas Board of Nursing (BON) Rules & Regulations
- BON Position Statements
Don't have the force of law, but the Board strongly encourages nurses to choose those
position statements applicable to their practice setting and incorporate them into their
daily practice to assure patient safety
✔✔The Texas Board of Nursing (BON) - ✔✔Established by passage of the NPA
BON empowered by NPA with the responsibility and legal authority for ensuring
competent practitioners of nursing.
Grants authority to the BON to make the rules and regulations to carry out the act.
✔✔The Board: - ✔✔protects the public from unsafe nursing practice, provides approval
for more than 200 nursing education programs, issues licenses to more than 27,000
nurses per year by examination to new graduates and by endorsement to licensees
from other states seeking a Texas license, as well as providing nursing practice and
education guidance to more than 350,000 currently licensed nurses practicing in the
State of Texas.
✔✔BON Responsibilities & Services - ✔✔Licensing qualified practitioners
Enforcement - investigating violations of the NPA and initiating appropriate legal action
when necessary
Establishing minimum standards for educational programs in nursing
✔✔BON Mission Statement - ✔✔To protect and promote the welfare of the people of
Texas by ensuring that each person holding a license as a nurse in the State of Texas
is competent to practice safely.
✔✔BON Mission Fulfilled Through - ✔✔The regulation of the practice of nursing, and
The approval of nursing education programs.
✔✔Licensure Required - ✔✔A person may not practice or offer to practice professional
nursing or vocational nursing in this state unless the person is licensed [NPA § 301.251]
This section of the NPA establishes the NPA as a practice control act for RNs and LVNs
✔✔Use of Titles - ✔✔Must hold a license to use the title:
, Registered Nurse or RN
Professional Nurse
Licensed Vocational Nurse or LVN
Any designation that implies that the person is a licensed registered or vocational nurse
✔✔Clearly Legible Insignia - ✔✔When interacting with the public in a nursing role, RNs
and LVNs must wear an insignia identifying them as RNs or LVNs [NPA § 301.351]
APRNs practicing in an advance practice role must identify themselves with their APRN
title
BON Rule 217.10(b) requires the nurse's first or last name and licensure level
✔✔Although the board does not require the inclusion of any other designations, with the
exception of the
specific authorization of advanced practice nurses, the insignia may not contain
information other than: - ✔✔(A) the registered nurse or licensed vocational nurse
designation;
(B) the nurse's name, certifications, academic degrees, or practice position;
(C) the name of the employing facility or agency, or other employer; or
(D) a picture of the nurse.
✔✔No More Paper Licenses - ✔✔The BON discontinued issuing wallet-sized paper
licenses for nurses renewing their licenses beginning September 1, 2008
Paper license certificates are issued for:
Graduate nurses who pass the NCLEX® exam and obtain their initial license in Texas;
Nurses who hold licenses in other states and are obtaining a Texas license for the first
time; and
Nurses who receive full licensure as APRNs
✔✔Licensure Verification - ✔✔Employers may verify the licensure status of all nurses
seeking employment online or by phone.
✔✔Renewal of Licensure - ✔✔60 days prior to license expiration, the BON will mail a
postcard reminder to renew online.
This is one of the reasons it is important to keep your contact information up to date!
✔✔Continuing Competency (TAC Chapter 216) - ✔✔Purpose: to ensure nurses stay
abreast of current industry practices, enhance their professional competence, learn
about new technology and treatment regimens, and update their clinical skills. [TAC §
216.2]
All nurses are required to demonstrate continuing competency for renewal of licensure.
Methods:
