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Board says continuing-education uploads will begin Sept. 1 using NCSBN's ORBs portal; provider uploads to be phased in later
Summary
The board reported that Senate Bill 912's CE-tracking requirement will be implemented using ORBs (the NCSBN Lensure database) with a target of Sept. 1; staff said the portal exists but will be improved and third-party uploads will be phased in after user testing and pilots.
The Texas Board of Nursing told members on April 23 that it plans to implement Senate Bill 912's continuing-education tracking requirements using ORBs, the National Council of State Boards of Nursing's Lensure database, with a target effective date of Sept. 1.
John Vanderford, presenting a package of rule amendments to Chapter 216, said the board had received no public comments on the rule language and that an adoption order will be filed with the target implementation date aligned with the statute.
Nicole Buckingham, the board's director of licensing customer service, described…
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