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HB 1440 Nurses; delegation of certain tasks, use of attendant care services.

Introduced by: Albert C. Eisenberg | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Delegation of certain nursing tasks; attendant care services. Requires the Board of Nursing to (i) encourage schools of nursing in the Commonwealth to include in their curricula information on delegation of certain nursing tasks not involving assessment, evaluation or nursing judgment to appropriately trained unlicensed personnel under the supervision of a registered nurse; (ii) provide a brochure about such delegation to current registered nurses; (iii) provide materials on delegation to employers of unlicensed assistive personnel; and (iv) develop through regulation, a training program for registered nurses to teach delegable nursing tasks to unlicensed personnel. The bill creates a new category of "attendant care services", and provides that nothing in Chapter 30 of Title 54.1 shall be construed to prohibit a person not licensed under the chapter from providing such services directed by or on behalf of an individual in need of in-home care. "Attendant care services" are defined as those basic and ancillary services that enable an individual in need of in-home care to live in the individual's home and community rather than in an institution and to carry out functions of daily living, self-care, and mobility. The bill also excludes attendant care services from the definition of practical nursing.


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