The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-12
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Published in The Topeka State Journal
Feb. II, 1871
HOUSE BILL NO. SO.


Feb T. 1913.
HOUSE BILL NO. SO.
AN ACT to provide for the examination.
registration and regulation of trained
nurses, and prescribing penalties for the
violation thereof.
Be it enacted by the Legislature OF the
State of Kansas.
Section 1. That upon taking effect CT
this act, the governor shall appoint
board of examiners four of whom shall
be graduated nurses appointed from list
of twenty Nominated by the Kansas state
Associa ton of Nurses together with the
Secretary of the State Board of Medical
Registration and Examination, consti-
tute a board for the examination CT
chosen from the actual residents of this
state, and, except the registered physician
from nurses who are actively engaged IL
nursing and who have graduated from
reputable training schools giving tw3
years course of training, who have
served in hospitals of good standing nav
ing charter and who have had flVe
years experience in nursing. The fou'
persons so appointed shall be appointed In
pointed to hold office for two years and
two shall be appointed to hold office Tor
four years, beginning with the first day
of July, 1913 and until their successors
are appointed and qualified, and there
after the governor shall appoint on or be-
fore the first day of july IN IN every oac
said, in each class, to hold office for four
years from the first day of July, next en-
take and subscribe the oath prescribed by
law for state officers, which oath shall
be filed with the secretary of state an
the event the appointment OF the success
sor IS not made on the expiration of the
term of any member, such member o.
said board shall hold office and pn oaai Sns
The governor shall fill vacancies occa-
stoned by death otherwise, and may
remove any member for the continued
neglect of duties required by this act
Vacancies in said board shall be fllled IL
accordance with the provisions of TINS
act for the establishment of the Original
board and persons appointed to fill
vacancies shall be selected from regis
tered nurses and shall hold office during
the unexpired portion of the term Tor
which their predecessors We're appolnteG;
Sec 3 The members of said board shat.
meet on the first Tuesday in July 1913; a.
Topeka and shall elect president, VICE
president and secretary from their own
number each of whom shall hold MS or
her respective office for two years; me
nor inconsistent with this act. to govern
its proceedings and shall have a seal, OF
which the secretary SHAH nave ene Ca, ca
and custody The secretary snali naNe
the power and authority to admlnlsteT
oaths. He or she shall keep record OF
all proceedings of the board, 1nciud1ng
register of the names of all the nurses
duly registered under this act winch shaii
be open at all reasonable tlme 70 Punii;
scrutiny Three members shall constitute
a quorum for the transaction OF business
Said board shall hold one regular meet
ing in each year and sueh aooitlor a. a.
NAV determine. Notices of such meet
ings shall be published in the official state
paper and IN the t,, Aef de1e preVions 10
such meeting. The secretary shall give 10
the state treasurer a bond for the fa1thtui
discharge of his or her duties in the penal
SIM of one thousand dollars QOO0.OO with
one or more sufficient suretles to be APP
proved by the governor
Sec g On or after the first day OF
J11Iv. 1913 all persons engaged in the prac
tice of professional nursing and all VINO
may wish to begin the same In the state state;
except as hereinafter provided, shaii
registered and to be furnished certifl-
and certificate shall be granted to such
applicants as shall give satisfactory PROOF
of being twenty-one years OF age, OF go"9
moral character. and of having recelv'
the equivalent of a common school educa-
ton Each applicant shall comply WIFE
at least one of the following conditions:
Without examination-first, the applicant
shall be registered and shall receive
certificate of registration without exam'-
nation, if he or she shall present
diploma issued before July lst, 1913, by
training school connected with genera
hospital state hospital san1torium or
snecial hospital holding a charter, and ap-
plicants holding a certificate issued by a
hospital or sanitorium without charter
prior to July 1st, 1913 where two years
course of training is required WITH sys-
tematic instruction in the hospitals, or
from one or more general hospitals or
good standing, supplying a systematic
training corresponding to the above
standing. and any applicant holding
certificate. issued prior to 1866, by a gem
eral private or state hospital or sani-
torium giving a one years course of
training. said applicant having had not
less than seven years practice. Second,
that applicant shall be registered and re-
ceive a certificate thereof without ex-
animation if he she shall have
diploma from training school connected
with the general hospital. sanitoTfun, or
special hospital giving two years train
ing and having charter. Third, the ap
plicant shall he registered and given a
certificate after July list. 1913. who shall
present to the board a certified copy of or
certificate Of registration or license from
another state of the Union. where the re-
uuirement of registration shall be deemed
by said board to be equivalent to those of
this act. unon payment of the usual fee
for certificate thereof. Fourth after
July 1st,. 1873, the applicant shall be reg
istered or given certificate thereof if he
or she shall have diploma from a tram
ing school connected with hospital hold
ing a charter requiring a two years
course of training with systematic in
struction in a general hospital. state hos
pital sanitorium special hospital in
good standing. and upon passing such ex-
animation before the board at such tiTtIe
and place it may designate and in &C
cordance with the rules prescribed by the
board which rules shall be furnished
from time to time TO any hospital SAM