Bill Text: NC S1191 | 2010 | Regular Session | Chaptered


Bill Title: Nurse Aide Training Review

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-2)

Status: (Passed) 2010-07-08 - Ch. SL 2010-69 [S1191 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2010-S1191-Chaptered.html

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

 

 

SESSION LAW 2010-69

SENATE BILL 1191

 

 

AN ACT to direct the Division of Health Service Regulation, Department of Health and Human Services, to coordinate a review of the education and training requirements for nurse aides, as recommended by the north carolina study commission on aging.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.(a)  The Division of Health Service Regulation, Department of Health and Human Services, shall coordinate a review of the education and training requirements for nurse aides.  In conducting the review, the Division shall include an equal number of representatives from the Division of Health Service Regulation; Division of Aging and Adult Services; the North Carolina Board of Nursing; the North Carolina Community College System; the Direct Care Workers Association of North Carolina; the North Carolina Medical Society; the North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association; the North Carolina Hospital Association; the Association for Home and Hospice Care of North Carolina; the North Carolina Assisted Living Association; the North Carolina Association of Long Term Care Facilities; the North Carolina Association of Non-Profit Homes for the Aging; and individuals representing residents in long‑term care.  The review shall include an evaluation of the current education and training requirements for nurse aides.

SECTION 1.(b)  The Division of Health Service Regulation shall report findings and recommendations on the appropriate levels of education and training for nurse aides to the North Carolina Study Commission on Aging on or before November 1, 2010.

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 30th day of June, 2010.

 

 

                                                                    s/  Walter H. Dalton

                                                                         President of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/  Joe Hackney

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

                                                                    s/  Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         Governor

 

 

Approved 10:45 a.m. this 8th day of July, 2010

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