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.

SPONSORS: Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Rep. N. Murphy, Hills. 12

COMMITTEE: Education

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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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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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  RSA 200:29, IV is repealed and reenacted to read as follows: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