Please complete the webinar registration form, attach the registration fee and return both to the Texas Board of Nursing (BON) office. Payment and registration form must be mailed together or neither will be accepted. We are unable to accept registration via telephone, fax, or email. Registration and payment must be received on or before the close of business, one (1) week or five (5) business days, prior to the webinar. We are unable to process registrations after the deadline, therefore, late registrations will not be accepted and the fees will be returned unprocessed. Registration forms may be copied. Only one (1) name per registration form please.
Payments Not Accepted
The BON does not have the ability to process credit cards, private company Purchase Orders, or Vouchers.
Acceptable forms of Payment
The BON accepts personal checks, money orders, and company checks. Please make checks payable to the Texas Board of Nursing. If your employer is paying for the webinar, please have the employer indicate your name in the memo field of the check and indicate the name of the employer on the registration form. The employer must send the registration form with the check to register the attendee for the webinar. State agencies can pay for the webinar via Interagency Transactions Voucher (ITV). If you are employed by a State Agency and are using this form of payment, the registration form and payment must be received on or before the webinar deadline. When registering with a group, a registration form must be filled out for each person who will be attending the webinar. Registration forms will not be accepted without a name.
Mailing address
Please mail the registration form and payment to:
Texas Board of Nursing
ATTN: Workshops
333 Guadalupe, Ste. 3-460
Austin, TX 78701-3944
THE BOARD IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST OR MISDIRECTED MAIL.
Deadline
If the registration form and payment are not received in the BON’s office by the close of business, one week or five (5) business days prior to the webinar, the registration cannot be accepted and the payment will be returned. The deadline date is strictly enforced.
Confirmation of Registration
For registration confirmation, please contact us at (512) 305-6844 or send an E-mail to Workshops@bon.texas.gov for written confirmation of your registration.
Insufficient Funds
If insufficient funds are encountered upon deposit of a check, CNE credit will not be awarded until full payment (Money Order) is remitted. If the insufficient check is discovered prior to the webinar date, we will contact you directly and you will not be registered for the webinar until we receive all applicable fees.
Refunds or Substitutions
If you are unable to attend, a substitute may attend in your place. The individual wishing to substitute will need to send a registration form to Workshops@bon.texas.gov with a note stating, ATTENDING FOR ________ (and fill in the individual’s name who you will be attending for) at least one (1) day prior to the webinar. If you would rather receive a refund for webinar fee, we must receive the request in our office before ten (10) business days prior to the webinar date. We regret that we cannot accommodate any requests received within ten (10) business days of the webinar, regardless of extenuating circumstances.
In lieu of a refund, you may request that your registration fee be applied to a future webinar scheduled within one (1) year of the initial webinar that you were originally registered. We regret that we are unable to accommodate more than one transfer per registration fee (i.e. if you are unable to attend the subsequent webinar, we cannot transfer the fee again to another webinar).
In response to your request, we will send you a determination letter. If a transfer has been approved, please be advised that during the interim period between webinars the registration fee may be increased and you will be responsible for the difference. Also, please contact the BON to verify that your registration has been transferred to the subsequent webinar and that there are not additional fees required to complete registration. Confirmation will not be sent automatically. To receive confirmation, send a request to Workshops@bon.texas.gov or contact us at (512)305-6844.
CNE Certificates
In order to receive a continuing education certificate, each attendee must fill out an evaluation of the webinar and return to Workshops@bon.texas.gov by the following Monday after the webinar. Evaluations will be attached to the reminder email you receive two (2) days prior to the webinar. Evaluations will also be available during the webinar and accessible on the webinar as a handout. The evaluation can be downloaded to your computer and printed. If an evaluation is not received, attendance at the webinar cannot be verified and a continuing nursing education certificate cannot be issued.
The webinars can be viewed in a group or individually. If you are registering with a group, please select one individual who will serve as the coordinator of the webinar. After the webinar, this coordinator will submit all the evaluations via email to Workshops@bon.texas.gov and will receive all the continuing education certificates back from this email address to distribute to attendees in group.
PLEASE NOTE
Attendance at BON webinars is not mandatory for licensure renewal. BON webinars are presented for educational purposes and for obtaining continuing nursing education credit only.
Special Needs
If you need special accommodations regarding a disability, please notify us by letter and attach it to your registration form. Every reasonable effort will be made to accommodate you.
Technical Challenges
BON staff strongly recommends that if this is your first-time to view a webinar that you follow the instructions in the webinar email invitation to check your system to be sure it is ready to use Microsoft Office Live Meeting. Taking a few minutes the day before the webinar and click on the link called FIRST-TIME USERS in your email invitation. This will save time the day of the webinar. BON staff will be preparing for the webinar on the scheduled day of the webinar and will not be available to assist with technical difficulties.
If you have difficulty with assessing the webinar software, Microsoft Office Live Meeting, click on the link called Troubleshooting in your email webinar invitation. The BON is not responsible for technical difficulty experienced during a webinar.
Webinar Cancellation
The BON reserves the right to cancel a webinar due to low attendance or circumstances beyond Board staff’s control (e.g. power failures, internet outages, natural disasters, fires, or any event that requires evacuation of the building where the presentation is occurring). Registrants are encouraged to return to the BON website prior to the scheduled webinar for cancellation information. Board staff will make every attempt to notify registrants of cancellation. If a webinar is cancelled, registration fee may be applied to a future webinar.