| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 24 MRSA §2506, as amended by PL 1997, c. 697, §5, is | further amended by adding at the end a new paragraph to read: |
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| | This section does not apply to registered nurses, except | that, in the case of registered nurses, the State Board of | Nursing shall adopt rules, which are routine technical rules | as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A, for | mandatory reporting of registered nurses.__The State Board of | Nursing shall periodically analyze these rules and revise them | to reflect input from professional associations such as | national nurses associations and national associations of | nurse executives. |
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| | This bill amends the Maine Health Security Act as it relates | to the reporting of registered nurses by health care providers | and health care entities to the State Board of Nursing to | provide that the State Board of Nursing shall adopt rules for | mandatory reporting of registered nurses. |
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