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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, GREENLEAF, SOLOBAY, EICHELBERGER, WAUGH, FONTANA, HUGHES, BROWNE, YUDICHAK, FERLO AND FARNESE, MAY 2, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, MAY 2, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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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 violations. |
6 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
7 | hereby enacts as follows: |
8 | Section 1. Section 14 of the act of March 2, 1956 (1955 |
9 | P.L.1211, No.376), known as the Practical Nurse Law, amended |
10 | December 20, 1985 (P.L.423, No.110), is amended to read: |
11 | Section 14. Violations.--Except as otherwise herein |
12 | provided, it shall be unlawful for any person, association, |
13 | partnership, corporation or institution, after the effective |
14 | date of this act, to |
15 | (1) Furnish, sell or obtain by fraud or misrepresentation a |
16 | record of any qualification required for a license, or aid or |
17 | abet therein; |
18 | (2) Use in connection with his or her name the words nurse, |
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1 | practical nurse, licensed practical nurse, or the letters "PN," |
2 | or "LPN," or any designation tending to imply that he or she is |
3 | a practical nurse, or licensed practical nurse, unless he or she |
4 | is duly licensed to so practice under the provisions of this |
5 | act, except that the title "nurse" also may be used by a person |
6 | registered under the provisions of the act of May 22, 1951 |
7 | (P.L.317, No.69), known as "The Professional Nursing Law"; |
8 | (3) Practice practical nursing during the time his or her |
9 | license issued under the provisions of this act is suspended or |
10 | revoked; |
11 | (4) Practice practical nursing without a valid current |
12 | license; |
13 | (5) To transfer, offer to transfer, or permit the use by |
14 | another of any license issued under this act; |
15 | (6) To aid or abet any person to violate any provision of |
16 | this act; |
17 | (7) Otherwise violate any of the provisions of this act. |
18 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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