PRINTER'S NO. 314
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
25
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BARTOLOTTA, SCARNATI, BAKER, SCAVELLO,
RESCHENTHALER, SCHWANK, YUDICHAK, HUTCHINSON, LANGERHOLC,
HAYWOOD, LAUGHLIN, STEFANO, FOLMER, McILHINNEY, BLAKE,
McGARRIGLE, LEACH, TARTAGLIONE, FONTANA, BOSCOLA, YAW, COSTA,
ARGALL, SABATINA, WHITE, STREET, WILLIAMS, RAFFERTY, WAGNER
AND HUGHES, FEBRUARY 15, 2017
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
FEBRUARY 15, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of May 22, 1951 (P.L.317, No.69), entitled, as
amended, "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, for
dietitian-nutritionist license required, for temporary
practice permit, for graduates of schools of other states,
territories or Dominion of Canada, for certified registered
nurse practitioners, for scope of practice for certified
registered nurse practitioners, for prescriptive authority
for certified registered nurse practitioners, for Drug Review
Committee and for professional liability; and providing for
the expiration of the State Board of Nursing's power to
license certified registered nurse practitioners.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2(1), (10), (12) and (14) of the act of
May 22, 1951 (P.L.317, No.69), known as The Professional Nursing
Law, are amended and the section is amended by adding paragraphs
to read:
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