HLS 15RS-4728 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 229
BY REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON
NURSES/NURSING PROGRAMS: Directs the La. State Board of Nursing to make limited
exceptions to the policy known as the "eighty percent rule" for certain schools
1 A RESOLUTION
2To direct the Louisiana State Board of Nursing to make limited exceptions, on an emergency
3 basis, to the policy known as the "eighty percent rule" for certain schools.
4 WHEREAS, Chapter 11 of Title 37 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950,
5comprised of R.S. 37:911 et seq., creates the Louisiana State Board of Nursing and provides
6for the regulation of the practice of nursing in this state; and
7 WHEREAS, R.S. 24:177(B) provides, in pertinent part, that the legislature may
8express the intended meaning of laws in a resolution.
9 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
10Legislature of Louisiana does hereby direct the Louisiana State Board of Nursing to make
11limited exceptions, on an emergency basis, to the policy known as the "eighty percent rule"
12for any school that has presented a plan for restructuring its curriculum.
13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
14executive director of the Louisiana State Board of Nursing.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 229 Original 2015 Regular Session Jackson
Directs the La. State Board of Nursing to make limited exceptions, on an emergency basis,
to the policy known as the "80% rule" for any school that has presented a plan for
restructuring its curriculum.
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