DIGEST
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CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP ORT DIGEST
HB 1161 2016 Regular Session Dustin Miller
Keyword and oneliner of the instrument as it left the House
NURSES: Provides relative to the composition of the La. State Board of Nursing
Report rejects Senate amendments which would have:
1. Provided that one member of the La. State Board of Nursing shall be a person appointed by
the governor who represents a private, proprietary, community technical college with a
nursing program.
2. Deleted all provisions of proposed law relative to qualifications of the nurse members of the
La. State Board of Nursing.
3. Provided that the following qualifications originally required by proposed law exclusively
for non-nurse members of the La. State Board of Nursing instead apply to each non-nurse
and nurse member of the board uniformly:
(a)Is a citizen of the United States and has been a resident of La. for at least one year
immediately prior to appointment.
(b)Has attained the age of majority.
(c)Has never been convicted of a felony.
Report amends the bill to:
1. Require that one of the three members of the La. State Board of Nursing be a representative
of an associate degree program in nursing, if such a representative applies to be and is
submitted as a candidate for board membership in accordance with the provisions of present
law, R.S. 37:914(B).
2. Provide that the La. State Board of Nursing may conduct licensure by endorsement only in
accordance with the provisions of present law, R.S. 37:920(B). Digest of the bill as proposed by the Conference Committee
Present law provides that the La. State Board of Nursing, referred to hereafter as "the board", shall
be composed of eight registered nurses appointed by the governor from a list of names submitted by
the La. State Nurses Association, one certified registered nurse anesthetist appointed by the governor
from a list of names submitted by the La. Association of Nurse Anesthetists, Ltd., and two physicians
appointed by the governor from a list of names submitted by the La. State Medical Society who shall
serve as ex officio members of the board and shall serve only as advisors and shall not vote.
Proposed law revises the composition of the board provided in present law to remove the two
nonvoting physician members and add in lieu thereof two members who are representatives of the
consumers of the state at-large appointed by the governor, neither of whom shall be a nurse, and both
of whom shall be voting members.
Proposed law requires that each consumer member of the board possess all of the following
qualifications:
(1)Is a citizen of the United States and has been a resident of La. for at least one year
immediately prior to appointment.
(2)Has attained the age of majority.
(3)Has never engaged in any activity directly related to the practice of professional nursing.
(4)Has never been convicted of a felony.
Present law provides that the board shall be composed, in part, of three members who are nurse
educators, three members who are in areas of nursing practice other than nursing service
administration or nursing education, and one advanced practice registered nurse. Proposed law
revises present law to provide that the board shall be composed, in part, of three members who are
nurse educators, one of whom is a representative of an associate degree program in nursing, if such
a representative applies to be and is submitted as a candidate for board membership; three members
who are in areas of nursing practice other than nursing service administration or nursing education,
one of whom shall be an advanced practice registered nurse; one certified registered nurse
anesthetist.
Present law provides for licensure by endorsement of registered nurses and advanced practice
registered nurses who are duly licensed under the laws of another state, territory, or country, who file
an applications and meet qualifications for licensure in this state as provided in present law.
Proposed law retains present law and stipulates that the board may conduct licensure by endorsement
only in accordance with the provisions of present law.
Present law requires the board to establish reasonable fees for issuance and renewal of licenses and
permits, and provides that such fees shall not exceed $100. Proposed law retains present law and
stipulates that such fees shall not exceed $100 per calendar year. (Amends R.S. 37:914(B)(1), 916, 917, and 927(A); Adds R.S. 37:920(B)(3))