REPORT TITLE:
Nurses


DESCRIPTION:
Requires 1 registered nurse member of the Board of Nursing to be
an APRN.  Replaces 1 of 2 licensed practical nurse Board members,
upon first vacancy after effective date, with a registered nurse
Board member. (HB1387 HD1)


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        1387
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           H.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO NURSES.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 457-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended to read as follows:
 
 3      "§457-3 State board of nursing; appointment; term of
 
 4 office; removal from office.  The board shall consist of nine
 
 5 members[, five of whom] as follows:
 
 6      (1)  Except as provided in paragraph (2), five shall be
 
 7           registered nurses, [two] one of whom shall be
 
 8           recognized as an advanced practice registered nurse in
 
 9           this State;
 
10      (2)  Two shall be licensed practical nurses; provided that
 
11           at the first vacancy of a licensed practical nurse
 
12           member of the board after the effective date of this
 
13           Act, the vacancy shall thereafter be filled by a
 
14           registered nurse; and [two of whom]
 
15      (3)  Two shall be public members[; provided that at the
 
16           first vacancy of a registered nurse member of the board
 
17           after July 5, 1994 and thereafter, at least one of the
 
18           registered nurses shall meet the requirements for
 
19           recognition as an advanced practice registered nurse
 
20           set out in this chapter].
 

 
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 1 Both nursing education and direct providers of nursing services
 
 2 shall be represented on the board.  The term of office for
 
 3 members of the board shall be three years.  No member shall be
 
 4 appointed to more than two consecutive terms or serve more than
 
 5 six consecutive years.  Six members of the board shall be
 
 6 residents of the city and county of Honolulu and three shall be
 
 7 residents of counties other than the city and county of
 
 8 Honolulu."
 
 9      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
10 New statutory material is underscored.
 
11      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.