Overview
- The Texas Board of Nursing issued a temporary suspension of Mary Liz Eastland’s nursing license in an order filed May 19, citing a “continuing and imminent threat to public welfare.”
- The board listed multiple charges including failure to prepare and implement flood evacuation and shelter plans, abandonment of campers by evacuating herself and her children, not reporting deaths within 24 hours, improper delegation of medical authority, and medication and HIPAA violations.
- Regulators must hold a probable-cause hearing within 17 days of the order and a final administrative hearing no later than 61 days, which can affirm, modify or rescind the suspension.
- Eastland and her attorney say she denies the allegations and will challenge the suspension as premature, saying the board acted without a full investigation or testimony.
- Camp Mystic will remain closed for the 2026 summer as separate state agency reviews, legislative inquiries, Texas Rangers inquiries and multiple wrongful-death lawsuits continue and could shape future camp safety rules and licensing enforcement.