Texas Board of Nursing limits Mary Liz Eastland’s license, bars patient care

The Texas Board of Nursing issued a limited license to Mary Elizabeth “Mary Liz” Eastland on Tuesday, restricting the Camp Mystic nurse from providing patient care but allowing her to continue practicing in other capacities, according to a primary source license verification report pulled Wednesday.

The board’s action, recorded May 26, assigns action code LL — Limited License, No Patient Care — to Eastland’s registered nurse license, No. 754060. The restriction is effective indefinitely and the license is not subject to automatic reinstatement. Her license status remains listed as “Current.”

The action represents a modification from an earlier disciplinary proceeding. Eastland’s license had previously been suspended May 19, 2026.

Eastland served as Camp Mystic’s supervising nurse and Chief Health Officer during the July 4, 2025 Guadalupe River flood that killed 28 people at the Hunt-area summer camp — 25 campers, two counselors and camp director Richard “Dick” Eastland.

Attorney Joshua Fiveson, representing Eastland, issued a statement Wednesday.

“We are grateful that the Texas Board of Nursing has allowed Mrs. Eastland to continue practicing under a limited license,” Fiveson said. “While she has no intention of again serving as a camp nurse, Mrs. Eastland remains committed to her professional calling and thanks the Board for that privilege. The families of all those lost to the July 4, 2025 flood will forever remain in Mrs. Eastland’s heart and prayers.”

Eastland had served as chair of the Peterson Health Board of Directors, which sponsors the Lead Live digital studio at Pint & Plow Brewing Co. She recently resigned from that position.