Bill Text: OR HB3220 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to nursing assistants.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-27 - Chapter 156, (2011 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2012. [HB3220 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2011-HB3220-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to nursing assistants.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-27 - Chapter 156, (2011 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2012. [HB3220 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2011-HB3220-Introduced.html
76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session NOTE: Matter within { + braces and plus signs + } in an amended section is new. Matter within { - braces and minus signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within { + braces and plus signs + } . LC 1310 House Bill 3220 Sponsored by Representative FREEMAN; Representatives GILLIAM, GREENLICK, WEIDNER SUMMARY The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's brief statement of the essential features of the measure as introduced. Allows Oregon State Board of Nursing to use results of nursing assistant examination for continuing education purposes. A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to nursing assistants; amending ORS 678.442. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. ORS 678.442 is amended to read: 678.442. (1) The Oregon State Board of Nursing shall establish standards for certifying and shall certify as a nursing assistant any person who applies therefor, shows completion of an approved training program for nursing assistants and passes a board approved examination. (2) In the manner prescribed in ORS chapter 183, the board may revoke or suspend a certificate issued under this section or may reprimand a nursing assistant for the following reasons: (a) Conviction of the certificate holder of a crime where such crime bears demonstrable relationship to the duties of a nursing assistant. A copy of the record of such conviction, certified to by the clerk of the court entering the conviction, shall be conclusive evidence of the conviction. (b) Any willful fraud or misrepresentation in applying for or procuring a certificate or renewal thereof. (c) Impairment as defined in ORS 676.303. (d) Violation of any provisions of ORS 678.010 to 678.445 or rules adopted thereunder. (e) Physical condition that makes the certificate holder unable to perform safely the duties of a nursing assistant. (f) Conduct unbecoming a nursing assistant in the performance of duties. (3) The board shall establish by rule a procedure for the biennial renewal of nursing assistant certificates. The certificate renewal procedure shall be substantially like the procedure established for the licensing of nurses under ORS 678.101. { + (4) Notwithstanding ORS 192.501, the board may use the results of a nursing assistant examination for the continuing education of nursing assistants. + } ----------