PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 715
PRINTER'S NO. 1827
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
717
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY VANCE, SCARNATI, BAKER, YUDICHAK, HUTCHINSON,
SCHWANK, HUGHES, BARTOLOTTA, SCAVELLO, LEACH, WOZNIAK,
McGARRIGLE, STEFANO, McILHINNEY, FOLMER, ARGALL, COSTA,
TEPLITZ, TARTAGLIONE, BLAKE, KITCHEN, RESCHENTHALER AND
MENSCH, APRIL 10, 2015
SENATOR TOMLINSON, CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL
LICENSURE, AS AMENDED, MAY 18, 2016
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; and providing for licensure as a
certified nurse practitioner.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2(1), (10), (13) and (14) of the act of
May 22, 1951 (P.L.317, No.69), known as The Professional Nursing
Law, amended or added June 29, 2002 (P.L.651, No.99) and
December 9, 2002 (P.L.1567, No.206), are amended and the section
is amended by adding paragraphs to read:
Section 2. Definitions.--When used in this act, the
following words and phrases shall have the following meanings
unless the context provides otherwise:
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