PRINTER'S NO. 580
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
573
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY B. MILLER, RYAN, MILLARD, STURLA, BERNSTINE,
KORTZ, DeLUCA, DAVIDSON, FREEMAN, NEILSON, RADER, HICKERNELL,
GREINER AND FEE, FEBRUARY 28, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
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
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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nutritionist, dietitian or nutritionist], provided such a
program is considered by the Board to be equal to that required
in this Commonwealth at the time such program was completed and
who meets the requirements of character and preliminary
education.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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