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2004 SESSION
HB 855 Nurse practitioners; authorized to sign various forms and certificates.
Introduced by: S. Chris Jones | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Licensed nurse practitioners; forms and certificates. Provides that licensed nurse practitioners may sign various forms and certificates, and provide medical information or treatment in certain situations, including situations involving the immunization of children, examination of persons suspected of having tuberculosis, prenatal tests, nursing homes, release of certain privileged medical information, competency for driver licenses, release of certain veterinary records, and assisted living facilities. The bill also provides that whenever any law or regulation requires a signature, certification, stamp, verification, affidavit or endorsement by a physician, it will be deemed to include a signature, certification, stamp, verification, affidavit or endorsement by a nurse practitioner. Three enactment clauses provide that: (i) these provisions will take effect 60 days after the effective date of the regulations of the Boards of Medicine and Nursing; (ii) the Boards of Medicine and Nursing must promulgate emergency regulations, i.e., within 280 days of enactment, with the amendments requiring the nurse practitioners' authority for signatures, certifications, stamps, verifications, affidavits and endorsements to be included in the written protocol between the supervising physician and the nurse practitioner; and (iii) that the tanning facility signs will be updated in compliance with the new law when posted or replaced after the effective day of the act.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 047486366 pdf | impact statement
- 02/04/04 House: Committee substitute printed 043469366-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/15/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB855ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/21/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0855) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 047486366
- 01/14/04 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/03/04 House: Reconsidered by Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/03/04 House: Reported from H. W. I. w/substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/04 House: Committee substitute printed 043469366-H1
- 02/04/04 House: Read first time
- 02/05/04 House: Read second time
- 02/05/04 House: Committee substitute agreed to 043469366-H1
- 02/05/04 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB855H1
- 02/06/04 House: Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/04 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/04 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/09/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/09/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/19/04 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/20/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (36-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/23/04 Senate: Read third time
- 02/23/04 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/04 Senate: Rec. of Sen. passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/04 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/04 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/15/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB855ER)
- 03/15/04 House: Enrolled
- 03/16/04 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/17/04 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/14/04 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 855 (effective - see bill)
- 04/21/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0855)