An Act To Amend and Update Laws Regulating the Practice of Nursing
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1225
Committee: Business, Research and Economic Development
Sponsors: PERRY, BRANNIGAN, MAYO, MITCHELL, ROSEN, SNOWE-MELLO
Amends: 32 MRSA §2103, 32 MRSA §2153-A, 32 MRSA §2153-B, 32 MRSA §2207, 32 MRSA §2252

Legislative Document 
No. 1225 
H.P.843 
House of Representatives, March 10, 2005 
An Act To Amend and Update Laws Regulating the Practice of 
Nursing 
Submitted by the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation pursuant to Joint 
Rule 204. 
Reference to the Committee on Business, Research and Economic Development suggested 
and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative PERRY of Calais. 
Cosponsored by Senator PERRY of Penobscot and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representative: BRANNIGAN of Portland, Senators: MAYO of Sagadahoc, MITCHELL of 
Kennebec, ROSEN of Hancock, SNOWE-MELLO of Androscoggin. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §2103, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2001, c. 260, 
Pt. D, §1, is further amended to read: 
2. 
Students. 
The practice of nursing that is an integral 
part of a program by students enrolled in board-approved nursing 
education programs 
leading to initial licensure, 
ass 
Q£ 
the 
practice of 
nursing 
by 
graduates 
of 
board-approved programs 
pessis~-~k€-~~~~~~-~ae-~i£6~-~~~~~~~~~-~r-wRieR 
tRey-aEe-eli~iBle-~9119Wis~-~£as~ati9s who are participating in a 
structured 
orientation 
program 
specifically 
designed 
for 
graduates of board-approved nursing programs as defined by the 
board, if they practice under on-site delegation and supervision 
of 
a 
registered professional nurse and only in the practice 
setting. 
The board may, 
by rule or by policy, 
define what 
constitutes supervision and a practice setting; 
Sec. 2. 32 MRSA §2103, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 204, 
Pt. H, §4, is amended to read: 
7. 
Nursing 
services 
by 
successful 
candidates 
of 
the 
National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc.'s National 
Council Licensure Examination pending receipt of United States 
social security number. 
The practice of nursing for a period not 
to exceed 90 days by an applicant for licensure as a registered 
professional nurse or practical nurse who has passed the National 
Council of State Boards of Nursing, 
Inc.' s National G91:.lseil-'-s 
beaEsis~--~~~--~~~~~~--eHamisa~ies Council 
Licensure 
Examination and has met all requirements for licensure except 
obtaining a United States social security number, as required by 
Title 36, section 175. 
Sec. 3. 32 MRSA §2153-A, last paragraph. 
as 
repealed 
and 
replaced by PL 1995, c. 625, Pt. A, §38, is repealed. 
Sec. 4. 32 MRSA §2153-B is enacted to read: 
§2l53-B. 
Liaison; limitations 
The Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation 
shall act as a liaison between the board and the Governor. 
The 
commissioner may not exercise or interfere with the exercise of 
discretionary, 
regulatory 
or 
licensing 
authority 
granted 
by 
statute to the board. 
The commissioner may require the board to 
be accessible to the public for complaints and questions during 
regular 
business 
hours 
and 
to 
provide 
any 
information 
the 
commissioner 
requires in order to ensure that the 
board is 
operating 
administratively 
within 
the 
requirements 
of 
this 
chapter. 
Page I-LR0653 (1) 
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.. 
Sec. 5. 32 MRS A §2203 is repealed. 
Sec. 6. 32 MRSA §2207, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1993, c. 600, 
Pt. A, §130, is further amended to read: 
2. 
Reexamination. 
For 
reexamination, 
a 
fee 
~e---.ge 
determined by the board 
.9ases--G-a---t.-he--IHIRlBe£--9~-~-e-as---t..g....-.ge 
eeye~es-aas not to exceed $100; and 
Sec. 7. 32 MRSA §2252, as amended by PL 1991, c. 153, §3 and 
affected by §5, is further amended to read: 
§2252. License; examination 
The applicant is required to pass a written examination in 
subjects seeRles considered necessary by the board to determine 
the fitness of the applicant to practice practical nursing. EaeR 
w~i~~ea-~~~~~~-.ge-~~~~~-aa-~~--G-~-~~ae~ieal 
eHaRliaa~iea... 
Upon 
the 
applicant' s 
successfully 
passing 
the 
examination, the board shall issue to the applicant a license to 
practice as a licensed practical nurse, that license to be in 
force for a period of at least one year until the birth date of 
the licensee. 
The initial license is renewable as provided in 
section 2255. 
SUMMARY 
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This bill deletes an outdated section and language. 
The 
bill corrects the name of the national licensing examination for 
nurses and updates the exception to licensure for students .