The Texas Board of Nursing is launching a pilot project and is calling for Nursing Peer Review Committees to participate in this pilot. Pursuant to Section 303.012 of the Texas Occupations Code, the Texas Board of Nursing (Board) has adopted a standardized nursing error classification system for utilization by peer review committees. The Board is calling for hospital based nursing peer review committees' participation in a pilot program wherein de-identified nursing peer review information will be shared utilizing an online error classification system. This sharing of data will permit the development of a pool to analyze nursing practice errors. Error events that are submitted under the pilot are only those peer reviewed incidents that are not required to be reported to the Board as a part of the complaint or disciplinary process. An online webinar reviewing details of the pilot is scheduled for June. Participants in the pilot will attend a day long orientation and training on July 13, 2012 in Austin Texas. More information is found in this section. Please contact Laura Lewis at (512)305-7653 or laura.lewis@bon.texas.gov.
Webinar
June 14, 2012 10:00-11:15 am (CST)
For information regarding the webinar, contact Laura Lewis at laura.lewis@bon.texas.gov.
- Invitation Letter to Hospitals
- Frequently Asked Questions about the Texas TERCAP© Pilot Project
- Texas Board of Nursing Confidentiality Statement (pdf)
- Texas TERCAP© Pilot Program Participation Agreement
- **NEW** FAQ’s about TERCAP© Training on July 13, July 27, and July 30
- Training Registration form for Texas TERCAP© Pilot Program
- Nurse Practice Act - Error Classification System
- References from the national NCSBN TERCAP©
Sec. 303.012. Error Classification System.
(a) The board may develop a standardized error classification system for use by a nursing peer review committee in evaluating the conduct of a nurse. The board shall make the system available to the committee at no cost.
(b) Information collected as part of an error classification system is a record of the nursing peer review committee and is confidential under Section 303.006.
(c) A nursing peer review committee may report the information collected using the error classification system to the board. The committee may not report to the board under this section information that includes the identity of an individual nurse or patient.
(d) Information the board receives under this section that contains information identifying a specific patient, nurse, or health care facility, the committee, or the sponsoring organization of the committee is confidential and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. The board must remove the identifying information from the information before making the remaining information available to the public.
(e) This section does not affect the obligation or authority of a nursing peer review committee to disclose information under Section 303.007.
[Added by Acts 2011 (S.B. 193), 82nd Leg., eff. Sept. 1, 2011]