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SB215: relative to nursing certification requirements.
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- D'Allesandro Senate · Dist 20
- Timothy Lang Senate · Dist 2
- Nancy A Murphy House · Hills 12
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CHAPTER 172
SB 215-FN - FINAL VERSION
02/22/2023 0521s
4May2023... 1414h
2023 SESSION
23-0954
07/04
SENATE BILL 215-FN
AN ACT relative to nursing certification requirements.
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill alters the requirement for entry level school nurses to have completed a bachelor of science in a nursing program, and requires school nurses hired after 2019 complete a bachelor's program within 6 years of the date of hire.
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Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/22/2023 0521s
4May2023... 1414h 23-0954
07/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to nursing certification requirements.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
172:1 School Health Services; School Nurse; Certification. Amend RSA 200:29, II(a)(1) to read as follows:
(1) Have completed a board of nursing approved registered nursing program at the [bachelor's] associate's degree level or higher under RSA 326-B; and
172:2 School Health Services; School Nurse; Certification. RSA 200:29, IV is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
IV. All school nurses hired after August 25, 2019 holding an associate's degree in nursing shall be enrolled in a registered nurse to bachelor of science in nursing program, and shall complete such program within 6 years of the date of hire.
172:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: July 28, 2023
Effective Date: July 28, 2023