File Code: Health Occupations
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 319  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Senators Dyson, Astle, Conway, Currie, Kelley, Middleton, and Pugh
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
State Board of Nursing - Nurse Practitioners - Certification Requirements and
Authority to Practice
 
Altering requirements for certification as a nurse practitioner;
requiring the State Board of Nursing to waive specified education
requirements; authorizing the State Board of Nursing to establish
continuing education or competency requirements for the renewal of
certificates; repealing a requirement that the State Board of
Physicians approve the scope of practice of specified nurse
practitioners; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
to repeal specified regulations; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 2/3
 - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 - 2/5
 - Re-assigned Education Health and Environmental Affairs & Finance
 - 2/17
 - Hearing 3/3 at 1:00 p.m.  (Education Health and Environmental Affairs)
 - 3/29
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 - 3/26
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/28
 - Third Reading Passed (46-1)
 - 4/7
 - Returned Passed
 
House Action
- 3/26
 - First Reading Health and Government Operations
 - 3/31
 - Hearing 4/7 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/9
 - Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
 - 4/2
 - Favorable Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed
 - 4/4
 - Third Reading Passed (132-0)
 
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 4/13
 - Approved by the Governor
 -      - Chapter 77
 
Sponsored by:
- Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29
 - Senator John C. Astle, District 30
 - Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
 - Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
 - Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
 - Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28
 - Senator Catherine E. Pugh, District 40
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Committees and Commissions -see also- Political Committees
 - Education -see also- Driver Ed; Higher Ed; Special Ed; etc
 - Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of
 - Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs
 - Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
 - Interstate Affairs
 - Licenses -see also- Alcoholic Bev Lic; Drivers` Licenses
 - Nurses
 - Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc
 - Rules and Regulations
 
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   Health - General
 - (
 19-705.1 
)
 -   Health Occupations
 - (
 8-101 ,
 8-302 ,
 8-315 ,
 8-508 
)
 
All documents except Roll Call Votes are
displayed in PDF format:
- Bill Text:
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
 - Fiscal and Policy Note:
 Available
 - Amendments:
 Senate
- Number: 494639/01     Offered on: March 29, 2010      at:
3:17 p.m.      Status: Adopted
 
- 
Committee Votes :
 
 Senate
- Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
 
House 
- Health and Government Operations
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 Senate
- March 28, 2010: Third Reading Passed  (46-1)
 
House 
- April 4, 2010: Third Reading Passed  (132-0)