PRINTER'S NO. 1582
No. 1364 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY PESCI, NOYE, FAIRCHILD, DALEY, TRICH, HERMAN,
LAUGHLIN, LESCOVITZ, COLAIZZO, GEIST, STEIGHNER, ARMSTRONG,
VEON, KOSINSKI, MELIO, TRELLO, STEELMAN, BELARDI, RICHARDSON,
KRUSZEWSKI, CAWLEY, E. Z. TAYLOR, JAMES AND BUNT, MAY 8, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, MAY 8, 1991
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of March 2, 1956 (1955 P.L.1211, No.376),
2 entitled "An act providing for and regulating the licensing
3 and practice of practical nursing; imposing duties on the
4 State Board of Nurse Examiners; and imposing penalties,"
5 further providing for who is eligible to take the licensure
6 examination.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 5.1 of the act of March 2, 1956 (1955
10 P.L.1211, No.376), known as the Practical Nurse Law, added
11 December 15, 1986 (P.L.1609, No.180), is amended to read:
12 Section 5.1. Restrictions on Examinations.--(a) In
13 establishing the education requirements for admittance to the
14 nursing licensure examination under this act, the board shall
15 not deny access to examination for licensure as a practical
16 nurse to a graduate of a one-year State-approved practical
17 nursing program.
18 (b) In addition, the board shall not deny access to the
19 examination to a person who either has served on active duty in
1 and been honorably discharged from the medical corps of any of
2 the United States Armed Forces or has served in the United
3 States Public Health Service, if the following conditions are
4 satisfied:
5 (1) He or she served not less than an aggregate of twelve
6 months in rendering patient care.
7 (2) He or she completed satisfactorily the basic course of
8 nursing instruction offered by the branch he or she served.
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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