SENATE BILL 136

53rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2018

INTRODUCED BY

Daniel A. Ivey-Soto and Jacob R. Candelaria

AN ACT

RELATING TO NURSING; ENACTING NEW SECTIONS OF THE NURSING PRACTICE ACT; REQUIRING THE BOARD OF NURSING TO ADOPT INTERSTATE COMMISSION OF NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT ADMINISTRATORS RULES RELATED TO THE PRACTICE OF NURSING FOR THE RULES TO BE EFFECTIVE IN NEW MEXICO; ALLOWING FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION OF INTERSTATE COMMISSION OF NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT ADMINISTRATORS RECORDS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. A new section of the Nursing Practice Act is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] ADOPTED RULES OF INTERSTATE COMMISSION OF NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT ADMINISTRATORS.--No rule adopted by the interstate commission of nurse licensure compact administrators that affects the practice of nursing in this state shall be effective in New Mexico unless adopted as an administrative rule by the board pursuant to the State Rules Act."

     SECTION 2. A new section of the Nursing Practice Act is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] RECORDS OF THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION OF NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT ADMINISTRATORS.--All agendas, minutes, reports and rulemaking records of the interstate commission of nurse licensure compact administrators shall be filed by the state compact administrator with the board, subject to the Inspection of Public Records Act."

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