1996 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 236

File Code: Health Occupations Prior Year Introduction As: HB 425/95 - ENV Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 422
Sponsored By:
Senator Hollinger
Entitled:
Nurses - Exercise of Professional Judgment

Synopsis:

Authorizing nurses to exercise professional judgment by providing grounds for disciplining a supervisory nurse directing another nurse to perform an act or take an assignment that the nurse has refused; creating an exception for emergencies under which the nurse should do the act or accept the assignment; authorizing a person to create and a Health Occupations board to approve nurse performance protocols; exempting a person in compliance with a performance protocol from a specified disciplinary provision; etc.

Legislative History

Senate Action
1/24
First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
1/31
Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
3/4
Favorable Report by Economic and Environmental Affairs
3/5
Favorable Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed
3/7
Third Reading Passed (43-0)
House Action
3/8
First Reading Environmental Matters
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
DISCIPLINE
HEALTH OCCUPATIONS
NURSES
PENALTIES
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Health Occupations
( 8-316 , 8-316 , 8-316 , 8-708 , 8-710 )

Documents:

Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None available