The restrictions on Mary Liz Eastland's license forbid her from working directly with patients, including 'teaching, counseling, assessing the client's needs and strengths, and providing skilled nursing care,' according to the order.
Mary Liz Eastland failed to develop proper emergency plans or properly respond to the deadly flood last year, records state. The Texas Board of Nursing restored Camp Mystic's chief health officer's nursing license but barred her from working directly with patients after the boardTuesday's agreement, placing restrictions on Mary Liz Eastland's license, states that she failed to maintain emergency plans before a July 4 flood killed 25 campers and two teenage counselors at the all-girls Christian camp.
The agreed order also states Eastland did not contact 911 or emergency officials during the flood, did not report their deaths according to state administrative code and allowed staff nurses at the camp to improperly administer medication. In April, Eastland testified at a court hearing in Austin that she still had not officially reported the deaths to state health regulators.
An order a week before that temporarilyThe restrictions on Eastland's license forbid her from working directly with patients, including "teaching, counseling, assessing the client's needs and strengths, and providing skilled nursing care," according to the order. She is also required to undergo six hours of training and must inform future employers of the restrictions. Eastland waived her right to a hearing on the allegations, and she "neither admit nor deny the violation alleged," according to the order.
She has served as Camp Mystic's chief health officer since 2010, according to the order. In a statement, Camp Mystic attorney Joshua Fiveson said they were grateful to the nursing board for allowing Eastland to continue to practice with the restrictions, and that "she has no intention of again serving as a camp nurse.
" "The families of all those lost to the July 4, 2025, flood will forever remain in Mrs. Eastland's heart and prayers," Fiveson said. Eastland can petition the board to end the restrictions on her license after she completes the training, during which the board can require additional training, supervision or other restrictions on her practice. Eastland's family owns and has operated Camp Mystic for decades.
Her husband, Edward Eastland, ran the portion of the camp that was housing the girls who died in the flood. His father, Dick Eastland, also died while trying to rescue some of the campers.is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans - and engages with them - about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. TX summer camps have closed, scaled back operations due to new rules
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Camp Mystic chief health officer barred from direct patient care by Texas nursing boardMary Liz Eastland failed to develop proper emergency plans or properly respond to the flood that killed 25 campers and two counselors last year, the order states.
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