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.