SB566 SFBM ED

SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

COUNSEL: Hank Hager

DATE: February 19, 1999

FLOOR BOOK MEMO

SENATE BILL NO. 566

BY: Senators Jackson and Tomblin

SHORT TITLE: Prohibiting certain higher education standards by board of examiners of registered professional nurses.

DATE INTRODUCED: February 17, 1999

CODE REFERENCE: Amends §30-7-5

PROPOSED LAW PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE:

This bill prevents the Board of Examiners of Registered Professional Nurses from promulgating or enforcing rules that establish standards for faculty qualifications for state higher education institutions that are higher than the standards required by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Institutions of Higher Education.

TITLE: o.k.

FISCAL NOTE: No

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AFFECTED: Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses

EFFECTIVE DATE: 90 days

COMMITTEE ACTION: The committee recommended that a Committee Substitute pass. The Committee Substitute contained cleanup only.