GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H D
HOUSE BILL DRH10118-NH-108
Short Title: Registered Nurses in Schools. (Public)
Sponsors: Representative Gillespie.
Referred to:
*DRH10118 -NH-108*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO ALLOW LICENSED REGISTERED NURSES TO SERVE AS SCHOOL 2
NURSES. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-315(d2) reads as rewritten: 5
"(d2) School Nurses. – The State Board of Education, in accordance with subsection (d) of 6
this section, may adopt rules to establish the qualifications and training required to be hired or 7
contracted for as a certified school nurse except the subject to the following: 8
(1) The Board may not require or impose a requirement that would require a nurse 9
to obtain a four-year degree as a condition of employment. 10
(2) Any person licensed as a registered nurse under Article 9A of Chapter 90 of 11
the General Statutes that has at least two years' experience serving in a hospital 12
or health clinic may serve in the role of school nurse and may not be required 13
to possess or promise to obtain any other certification or license as a condition 14
of serving in that role. Registered nurses employed by the governing body of 15
a public school unit as a school nurse shall be paid under the certified school 16
nurse pay scale as established by the State Board of Education." 17
SECTION 2. The State Board of Education has authority to adopt temporary rules 18
to enact the provisions of this act until such a time as permanent rules can be adopted. 19
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law. 20
H.B. 433
Mar 18, 2025
HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK