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2008 SESSION
HB 584 Nurses, licensed; presumption of knowledge of statewide standard of care.
Introduced by: Dave W. Marsden | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Presumption of knowledge of statewide standard of care; malpractice. Adds nurses, including nurses licensed by a state participating in the Nurse Licensure Compact, to those persons presumed to know the statewide standard of care in the field in which they are qualified or certified for purposes of medical malpractice actions or proceedings before a medical malpractice review panel.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Presumption of knowledge of statewide standard of care; malpractice. Adds nurses licensed by a state participating in the Nurse Licensure Compact to those persons presumed to know the statewide standard of care in the field in which they are qualified or certified for purposes of medical malpractice actions or proceedings before a medical malpractice review panel.