PRINTER'S NO. 1055
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1020
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY MEHAFFIE, CARROLL, CIRESI, GUENST, HANBIDGE,
HARKINS, HELM, HERSHEY, IRVIN, ISAACSON, KULIK, LEWIS
DELROSSO, McNEILL, MILLARD, MULLINS, NEILSON, N. NELSON,
O'MARA, ORTITAY, OTTEN, PASHINSKI, PEIFER, PENNYCUICK,
PICKETT, SANCHEZ, SMITH, STRUZZI, WARREN AND ZABEL,
MARCH 26, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, MARCH 26, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of May 22, 1951 (P.L.317, No.69), entitled "An
act relating to the practice of professional nursing;
providing for the licensing of nurses and for the revocation
and suspension of such licenses, subject to appeal, and for
their reinstatement; providing for the renewal of such
licenses; regulating nursing in general; prescribing
penalties and repealing certain laws," further providing for
definitions, for State Board of Nursing and for dietitian-
nutritionist license required; providing for scope of
practice of licensed dietitian nutritionists and
nutritionists and for practice or teaching of dietetics and
nutrition, further providing for unauthorized practices and
acts not prohibited, for temporary practice permit, for
examinations and certificates and for fees and qualifications
for licensure; providing for nutritionists and
qualifications; and further providing for persons entitled to
practice, for licenses, duration, renewal fee and inactive
status, for reporting of multiple licensure, for continuing
nursing education, for punishment for violations, for
refusal, suspension or revocation of licenses and for
injunction or other process.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2(5), (7), (9) and (10) of the act of May
22, 1951 (P.L.317, No.69), known as The Professional Nursing
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