Bill Text: VA SB553 | 2024 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Nursing education programs; out-of-state clinical sites.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-04-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0425) [SB553 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2024-SB553-Comm_Sub.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 553 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee on Education and Health on February 1, 2024) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Hackworth) A BILL to direct the Board of Nursing to amend its regulations related to out-of-state clinical sites.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. That the Board of Nursing shall amend its regulations to permit nursing education programs in the Commonwealth located within 60 miles of a bordering state or the District of Columbia to contract for an unlimited number of required clinical hours at out-of-state clinical sites. The regulations shall require that all such clinical hours be accepted by the Board for licensure.