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