KRS § 314.121 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 314 / Section 314.121
314.121 Board of Nursing -- Members -- Appointment -- Terms -- Qualifications
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314.121 Board of Nursing -- Members -- Appointment -- Terms -- Qualifications.

(1) The Governor shall appoint a Board of Nursing consisting of seventeen (17)

members:

(a) Three (3) members shall be registered nurses actively engaged in clinical

practice and licensed to practice in the Commonwealth, selected from a list of

names submitted by the Kentucky Nurses Association;

(b) Three (3) members shall be advanced practice registered nurses actively

engaged in clinical practice and licensed to practice in the Commonwealth,

two (2) of whom shall be selected from a list of names submitted by the

Kentucky Association of Nurse Practitioners and Nurse Midwives, and one

(1) of whom shall be a certified nurse anesthetist selected from a list of names

submitted by the Kentucky Association of Nurse Anesthetists;

(c) Two (2) members shall be practical nurses actively engaged in clinical

practice and licensed to practice in the Commonwealth, selected from a list of

names submitted by the Kentucky Association of Licensed Practical Nurses;

(d) One (1) member shall be a nurse service administrator actively engaged in

practice who is a registered nurse licensed to practice in the Commonwealth,

selected from a list of names submitted by the Kentucky Organization of

Nurse Leaders;

(e) Four (4) members shall be actively engaged in nursing education, each of

whom is a registered nurse licensed to practice in the Commonwealth, three

(3) of whom shall be selected from a list of names submitted by the Kentucky

League for Nursing and one (1) of whom shall be selected from a list of

names submitted by the Kentucky Nurses Association;

(f) Two (2) members shall be registered nurses experienced in long-term care,

one (1) of whom shall be selected from a list of names submitted by

LeadingAge Kentucky, and one (1) of whom shall be selected from a list of

names submitted by the Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities; and

(g) Two (2) members shall be citizens at large, who are not associated with or

financially interested in the practice or business regulated.

(2) Each appointment shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate and shall be for a

term of four (4) years expiring on June 30 of the fourth year, except in 2024, when

new appointments shall be made by the Governor after July 15, 2024. A board

member shall not serve for more than three (3) consecutive terms, and shall be

ineligible for reappointment until the passage of one (1) full four (4) year

appointment cycle.

(3) (a) By August 1, 2024, the Kentucky Nurses Association shall submit to the

Governor two (2) names of qualified individuals for appointment as a

registered nurse (R.N.) who are actively engaged in clinical nursing practice,

from which the Governor shall make an appointment as necessary by October

1, 2024. Thereafter, by March 1 of the year in which the term of an R.N.

actively engaged in clinical practice expires, the Kentucky Nurses Association

shall submit to the Governor two (2) names of qualified individuals for

appointment as an R.N. who are actively engaged in clinical nursing practice,

from which the Governor shall make an appointment as necessary by July 1.

(b) By March 1of the year in which the term of an L.P.N. expires, the Kentucky

Licensed Practical Nurses Organization Incorporated shall submit to the

Governor two (2) names of qualified individuals for appointment as an L.P.N.

who are actively engaged in clinical nursing practice, from which the

Governor shall make an appointment as necessary by July 1.

(c) By March 1 of the year in which the nurse service administrator's term

expires, the Kentucky Organization of Nurse Leaders, an affiliate of the

Kentucky Hospital Association, shall submit to the Governor two (2) names

of qualified individuals for appointment as the nurse service administrator,

from which list the Governor shall make an appointment as necessary by July

1.

(d) By March 1 of the year in which the term of the R.N. recommended by

LeadingAge Kentucky expires, LeadingAge Kentucky shall submit to the

Governor two (2) names of qualified individuals for appointment as an R.N.

experienced in long-term care, from which the Governor shall make an

appointment as necessary by July 1.

(e) By March 1 of the year in which the term of the R.N. recommended by

Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities expires, the Kentucky

Association of Health Care Facilities shall submit to the Governor two (2)

names of qualified individuals for appointment as an R.N. experienced in

long-term care, from which the Governor shall make an appointment as

necessary by July 1.

(f) By March 1 of the year in which the practical nurse educator's term expires,

the Kentucky League for Nursing shall submit to the Governor two (2) names

of qualified individuals for the appointment as a licensed practical nurse

educator, from which the Governor shall make the appointment as necessary

by July 1.

(g) By August 1, 2024, the Kentucky League for Nursing shall submit to the

Governor two (2) names of qualified individuals for appointment as a

graduate degree nurse educator, from which the Governor shall make an

appointment as necessary by October 1, 2024. Thereafter, by March 1 of the

year in which the term of the graduate degree nurse educator expires, the

Kentucky League for Nursing shall submit to the Governor two (2) names of

qualified individuals for the appointment as a graduate degree nurse educator,

from which the Governor shall make an appointment as necessary by July 1.

(h) By March 1, 2025, and thereafter on March 1 of the year in which the term of

the undergraduate nurse educator expires, the Kentucky Nurses Association

shall submit to the Governor two (2) names of qualified individuals for the

appointment as an undergraduate nurse educator, from which the Governor

shall make the appointment as necessary by July 1.

(i) By March 1, 2026, and thereafter on March 1 of the year in which the term of

the undergraduate nurse educator expires, the Kentucky League for Nursing

shall submit to the Governor two (2) names of qualified individuals for

appointment as an undergraduate nurse educator, from which the Governor

shall make the appointment as necessary by July 1.

(j) By March 1 of the year in which the certified registered nurse anesthetist term

expires, the Kentucky Association of Nurse Anesthetists shall submit to the

Governor two (2) names of qualified individuals who are actively engaged in

clinical nursing practice for the appointment, from which the Governor shall

make the appointment as necessary by July 1.

(k) By August 1, 2024, the Kentucky Association of Nurse Practitioners and

Nurse-Midwives shall submit to the Governor the names of qualified

individuals for appointments of two (2) advanced practice registered nurses.

The appointed individuals shall be certified in different population foci and

shall be actively engaged in advanced nursing clinical practice. Two (2)

names of qualified individuals shall be submitted to the Governor for each

position. The Governor shall appoint one (1) advanced practice registered

nurse from the two (2) names submitted in one (1) population focus for an

initial term of four (4) years and shall also appoint one (1) advanced practice

registered nurse from the two (2) names submitted in another population focus

for an initial term of two (2) years. The Governor shall make each

appointment as necessary by October 1, 2024. Successive terms for each

advanced registered nurse practitioner shall be four (4) years. The two (2)

advanced practice registered nurses shall be certified in a different population

focus. Thereafter, on March 1 of the year in which the term of an advanced

practice registered nurse expires, the Kentucky Association of Nurse

Practitioners and Nurse-Midwives shall submit to the Governor the names of

two (2) qualified individuals, from which the Governor shall make the

appointment as necessary by July 1.

(l) The Governor shall appoint two (2) members who shall be citizens at large,

who are not associated with or financially interested in the practice or

business regulated. The Governor shall make the appointments by July 1 of

the year in which the citizen members' terms expire.

(4) Among the seventeen (17) members of the board, at all times, at least two (2)

members shall be appointed from each of the six (6) congressional districts of the

Commonwealth.

(5) Among the nurse board members appointed under subsection (1) of this section, no

less than three (3) and no more than six (6) nurse board members shall be nurse

educators. All other nurse members of the board shall be practicing nurses.

(6) A vacancy on the board shall be filled by the Governor as provided for under

subsection (1) of this section.

(7) The Governor may remove any member from the board for neglect of duty,

incompetence, or unprofessional or dishonorable conduct.

(8) Each R.N. member of the board shall be a citizen of the United States, a resident of

Kentucky, a graduate of an approved school of nursing, and a registered nurse in

this state. All shall have had at least five (5) years of experience in nursing, three

(3) of which shall immediately precede such appointment. Three (3) members shall

be engaged in clinical nursing practice; four (4) shall be engaged in nursing

education; three (3) shall be engaged in advanced practice registered nursing, one

(1) of whom shall be a certified registered nurse anesthetist; two (2) shall be

experienced in long-term care; and one (1) shall be in nursing administration.

(9) Each L.P.N. member of the board shall be a citizen of the United States, a resident

of Kentucky, a graduate of an approved school of practical nursing or its equivalent,

licensed as a licensed practical nurse in this state, have at least five (5) years of

experience in nursing, three (3) of which shall immediately precede this

appointment, and be currently engaged in nursing practice. Two (2) members shall

be engaged in clinical nurse practice.