Senate Study Bill 3051 



                                       SENATE/HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF
                                            PUBLIC HEALTH/BOARD OF
                                            NURSING BILL)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the advanced practice registered nurse
  2    licensure compact and providing an effective date.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5173DP 82
  5 jr/rj/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 147.2, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code
  1  2 Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    For purposes of this section, a person who is licensed in
  1  4 another state and recognized for licensure in this state
  1  5 pursuant to the nurse licensure compact contained in section
  1  6 152E.1 or pursuant to the advanced practice registered nurse
  1  7 compact contained in section 152E.3 shall be considered to
  1  8 have obtained a license to practice nursing from the
  1  9 department.
  1 10    Sec. 2.  2005 Acts, chapter 53, section 11, is repealed.
  1 11    Sec. 3.  2006 Acts, chapter 1010, section 176, is repealed.
  1 12    Sec. 4.  2006 Acts, chapter 1030, section 88, is repealed.
  1 13    Sec. 5.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 14 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16    This bill repeals the July 1, 2008, sunset of the advanced
  1 17 practice registered nurse compact.  That compact allows
  1 18 advanced practice registered nurses to hold a license in the
  1 19 state of residency and practice in other compact states
  1 20 subject to each state's practice law and regulation.  The bill
  1 21 takes effect upon enactment.
  1 22 LSB 5173DP 82
  1 23 jr/rj/5