| (a) The Board shall appoint an advisory committee to advise the Board concerning assistance provided under this subchapter to vocational nursing students. (1) The advisory committee shall consist of: (A) a chair named by the Board; (B) one representative named by the License Vocational Nurses Association of Texas; (C) one representative named by the Texas Organization of Nurse Executives; (D) one representative named by the Board of Nurse Examiners of the State of Texas; (E) two representative of vocational nursing educational programs named by the Texas Association of Vocational Nurse Educators; (F) one representative named by the Texas Health Care Association; and (G) one representative named by the Texas Association of Homes for the Aging. (2) The costs of participation on an advisory committee of a member representing a particular organization or agency shall be borne by that member or the organization or agency the member represents. (b) The duties of the advisory committee shall be to: (1) advise the Board on appropriate rules for the Vocational Nursing Student Scholarship Programs; (2) advise the Board on the priorities of emphasis among the scholarship, the matching fund employment program found in Chapter 21, Subchapter U of this title (relating to the Matching Fund Employment Program for Vocational Nursing Students) and loan repayment program found in Chapter 21, Subchapter Q of this title (relating to the Licensed Vocational Nurses' Student Loan Repayment Program), provided for in Texas Education Code, Chapter 61, Subchapter L; (3) advise the Board on the amount of money needed to fund adequately the Vocational Nursing Student Scholarship Programs; (4) advise the Board on the establishment of priorities among the criteria for consideration of application approval which are listed in Texas Education Code, Chapter 61, Subchapter L, and in these rules; and (5) assist the Board in the dissemination of information on the Vocational Nursing Student Scholarship Programs. |
