PRINTER'S NO. 2445
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1802
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY MEHAFFIE, MULLERY, HARKINS, RAVENSTAHL, SANCHEZ,
OTTEN, MARKOSEK, DiGIROLAMO, CIRESI, CARROLL, SIMS, QUINN,
McNEILL, STURLA, SCHLOSSBERG, KAUFER, ISAACSON, KINSEY,
BOBACK, MULLINS, BROWN, KORTZ, KOSIEROWSKI, BRIGGS, DAY,
MADDEN, TOOHIL, GILLESPIE, HEFFLEY, ROTHMAN AND PASHINSKI,
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
SEPTEMBER 12, 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
definitions, for State Board of Nursing and for dietitian-
nutritionist license required, providing for scope of
practice of licensed dietitian nutritionists and
nutritionists and for practice or teaching of dietetics and
nutrition, further providing for unauthorized practices and
acts not prohibited, for temporary practice permit, for
examinations and certificates, for fees and qualifications
for licensure, for education programs, approved lists,
distribution and student credits where school removed from
list, for persons entitled to practice, for licenses,
duration, renewal fee and inactive status, for reporting of
multiple licensure, for continuing nursing education, for
punishment for violations, for refusal, suspension or
revocation of licenses and for injunction or other process.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2(5), (7), (9) and (10) of the act of May
22, 1951 (P.L.317, No.69), known as The Professional Nursing
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