PRINTER'S NO. 3109
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2135
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY B. MILLER, FREEMAN, FEE, SOLOMON, WARD, WHEELAND,
ZIMMERMAN, RADER, MENTZER, HICKERNELL, CUTLER AND GREINER,
MARCH 9, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, MARCH 9, 2018
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 examinations and certificates.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5(c) of the act of May 22, 1951 (P.L.317,
No.69), known as The Professional Nursing Law, is amended to
read:
Section 5. Examinations and Certificates.--* * *
(c) The Board may admit to examination any person who has
satisfactorily completed a nursing education program for the
preparation of registered professional nurses or an approved
dietetics-nutrition education program in a country or territory
not mentioned above [who has been licensed, registered, or duly
recognized there as a professional nurse, dietitian-
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