Report Title:

Registered Nurses; Licensure

Description:

Allows a master's degree candidate in a nursing program who has completed the pre-licensure component of the program to apply for a license by examination to practice as a registered nurse.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2165
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to nursing.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Section 457-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:

     "(f)  Applicants applying for a license to practice as a registered nurse by examination shall submit to the board proof of eligibility.  Applicants shall be eligible to apply for a license by examination if they have:

     (1)  Graduated from a registered nursing program at an educational institution in the United States or any territory or possession under the jurisdiction of the United States and are qualified as determined by the board through rules adopted pursuant to chapter 91; [or]

     (2)  Graduated from a registered nursing program at an educational institution in a foreign jurisdiction[,] and have had their transcripts evaluated by professional evaluators designated by the board and are considered qualified as determined by the board through rules adopted pursuant to chapter 91[.]; or

(3) Graduated with a bachelor's degree and satisfactorily completed the pre-licensure portion of a master's entry program in nursing at an accredited school of nursing in the United States or any territory or possession under the jurisdiction of the United States that is recognized by the board or other state boards of nursing and are qualified as determined by the board."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

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