Texas board faults Camp Mystic leader for inaction during deadly flood
The board cited abandonment, poor emergency planning and reporting failures after 27 campers and staff died in last summer’s flood.
- On Tuesday, May 19, the Texas Board of Nursing temporarily suspended the nursing license of Mary Elizabeth Eastland, chief health officer at Camp Mystic, following her actions during the July 4, 2025, flooding that killed 27 people.
- Regulators found Eastland failed to develop adequate emergency protocols before the flood and abandoned campers and staff during the 0200 crisis, evacuating her family to higher ground "without providing any assistance or direction."
- Records further allege Eastland failed to report the 27 deaths within the required 24-hour window, while improperly delegating medication authority and violating HIPAA compliance regarding drug storage and distribution.
- Testifying in April, Eastland admitted she "did not think" to report deaths promptly, leading the board to conclude her continued practice constitutes a "continuing and imminent threat" to public welfare.
- A probable cause hearing must occur within 17 days of the suspension, with a final hearing scheduled no later than 61 days afterward to determine whether the license revocation becomes permanent.
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Texas board faults Camp Mystic leader for inaction and suspends her nursing license
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas board has suspended the nursing license of Camp Mystic’s co-director in a scathing order that accused her of not helping children evacuate during last year’s catastrophic floods that killed 25 girls and two teenage counselors
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Board suspends Camp Mystic co-owner's nursing license
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The Independent (US)Camp Mystic’s top medical officer ‘abandoned’ campers and staff, documents show
Mary Elizabeth Eastland’s nursing license has been temporarily suspended after Texas officials claimed she ‘unnecessarily’ exposed campers to a ‘risk of harm’ during last summer’s deadly flood
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Texas board faults Camp Mystic leader for inaction during deadly flood
A Texas board has suspended the nursing license of Camp Mystic’s co-director in a scathing order that accuses her of not helping children evacuate during last year’s catastrophic floods.
Camp Mystic co-director evacuated without contacting staff, emergency services, documents state
From evacuating without notifying anyone to not reporting the victims' deaths within 24 hours, records state that Mary Elizabeth Eastland, the camp's chief health officer, failed to act adequately during the July 2025 floods.
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