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As a Texas medical doctor and Dallas Nurse attorney, I am providing this information and commentary. At the Dr Shezad Malik Law Firm, we defend all nurses throughout the following aspects of nursing license defense and license complaints by the Texas Board of Nursing. Complaint letter from the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners? Confused on what to do next? Call us at 888-210-9693, we represent nurses in all stages of a grievance action with the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners in Austin. We are the Texas Nurse License Defense Attorneys. We handle the following Nurse License cases:
  •     The Disciplinary Process   
  •     Drugs Dependency
  •     Criminal Cases
  •     Standard of Nursing Care
  •     TPAPN
  •     Peer Review Actions
The Texas Board of Nursing regulates practice of Nursing in the State of Texas. The Texas Board of Nursing is granted these administrative powers pursuant to the Nursing Practice Act, the Texas Administrative Code, the Health & Safety Code and Chapter 53 of the Texas Occupations, as passed into law by the Texas State legislature.

The Texas Board of Nursing is empowered with regulating RN (Registered Nurse), LVN (Licensed Vocational Nurse), and Advanced Practice Nursing designations like the clinical nurse specialist, nurse practitioner and certified nurse anesthetist. The Texas Board of Nursing is also empowered with regulating prescriptive authority to nurses for DEA / DPS prescriptive authority.

The Texas Board of Nursing is empowered in protecting the public and the Board issues, rejects, and disciplines nursing licensees based on violations of the Nursing Practice Act.

The most commonly pursued grounds for discipline include the following:
  • Standard of Nursing Care Violations    
  • Sexual & Personal Boundary Violations
  • Fraud, Theft & Deception
  • Chemical Dependency
  • Use of Drugs & Alcohol
  • Lying & Falsification of Nurse license application  
  • Criminal Offense
  • Malpractice Suits & Judgments
  • Conduct Likely to Deceive or Defraud the Public
Types of Administrative License Penalties
  • Mentoring and observation
  • Administrative Fine
  • Public Reprimand
  • License Restriction on Practice
  • TPAPN Directive
  • Probation of a License Suspension
  • Active Suspension as a Requirement of Probation
  • License Revocation
As a licensed physician who spent many years in hospital training and medical practice I understand the problems nurses can face in the course of their day to day duties. Please review the following links, which provides useful answers to some of your questions.
  • Frequently asked questions about Texas Nurse Licensing.
  • Nursing Practice.

    If you need help with getting or maintaining hospital privileges, problems with peer review, TPAPN, alcohol, drug abuse, unfair dismissal, wrongful termination, whistle blower action etc please call 888-210-9693 for a confidential free initial consultation.

Dr. Shezad Malik Law Firm has offices in Southlake, Fort Worth and Dallas Texas that concentrates in two major practice areas of civil litigation: Personal Injury, and Medical and Professional License Defense. Dr. Shezad Malik is licensed as a physician for the past 28 years, is board certified in Internal Medicine, has practiced invasive cardiology and now practices law. It is now with this extensive medical background that Dr. Malik brings his medical expertise to the focused areas of his practice. Dr. Shezad Malik law firm provides experienced medical, nursing and professional license defense.

Call us at 817-900-8439 or toll free 888-210-9693  or send us an e-mail to schedule a free initial consultation about a Nurse License complaint case.

Our law firm’s principal office is in Southlake and we have offices in Fort Worth and in Dallas, Texas, and we represent people across Texas, for Texas Nurse Licensing issues, in cities and areas including the following:  Abilene, Albany, Alice, Alpine, Amarillo, Angleton, Arlington, Austin, Bay City, Baytown, Beaumont, Benavides, Big Spring, Boerne, Bonham, Bowie, Brazoria, Brownsville, Brownwood, Bryan, Buffalo, Carthage, Centerville, Childress, Clarksville, Cleburne, College Station, Commerce, Conroe, Corpus Christi, Corsicana, Crockett, Daingerfield, Dalhart, Dallas, Decatur, Del Rio, Denton, DFW Metroplex, Dumas, Eagle Pass, Eastland, Edinburg, El Paso, Emory, Ennis, Fairfield, Falfurrias, Fort Stockton, Fort Worth, Freer, Gainesville, Galveston, Garland, Gatesville, Gilmer, Granbury, Grapevine, Greenville, Groom, Harlingen, Henderson, Hillsboro, Houston, Huntsville, Irving, Jacksboro, Jasper, Kaufman, Kerrville, Killeen, Kingsville, Kingwood, Laredo, Liberty, Livingston, Llano, Longview, Lorena, Lubbock, Lufkin, Mansfield, Marathon, Marshall, McAllen, Mesquite, Midland, Mineola, Mineral Wells, Mount Pleasant, Mount Vernon, Nacogdoches, New Braunfels, Odessa, Orange, Ozona, Palestine, Pampa, Paris, Pasadena, Pearland, Pecos, Pharr, Plainview, Port Arthur, Quinlan, Raymondville, Richland, Rio Grande City, Rio Grande Valley, Sanford, Sonora, San Angelo, San Antonio, San Marcos, Seguin, Shamrock, Sheffield, Sherman, Spring, Stephenville, Sulphur Springs, Sweetwater, Tawakoni, Temple, Terrell, Texarkana, Texas City, Thurber, Tulia, Tyler, Van Horn, Vernon, Victoria, Waco, Waxahachie, Weatherford, Wharton, Whitesboro, Whitewright, Wichita Falls, Wills Point, The Woodlands, and Woodville, Texas. Doctor-Attorney Shezad Malik also represents doctors and nurses throughout Texas and the entire United States.

Useful Resources

Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas
The mission of the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas is to protect and promote the welfare of the people of Texas by ensuring that each person ...

Verify a License Online - www.bne.state.tx.us/olv/verification.html

Verification & Licensing - www.bne.state.tx.us/olv/

FAQ’s - Licensing - www.bne.state.tx.us/olv/faqs.html

Download other Applications & Forms - www.bne.state.tx.us/olv/forms.html

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