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Board
of Nursing (BON)
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
Senate
Joint Memorial 48 requests the Board of Nursing study the licensing of military
hospital corpsmen as nurses. Senate
Joint Memorial 48 also requests the Board of Nursing conduct an
in-depth comparison of curricula, training and job
descriptions of military hospital corpsmen against requirements for levels of
licensure for nurses in
Significant
Issues
The Board of Nursing recently became aware of this
issue, by a presentation of a corpsman who wanted to become licensed as a
nurse. The Nursing Practice Act does not
allow for the licensure as a nurse of a corpsman. It is important to research the issue so that
an evidence based recommendation regarding this issue may be made to the
legislature.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The BON has not budgeted for this study, but funding
could be appropriated from the Board’s cash balance. A
task force of approximately 15 members to include military and civilian
physicians, hospital administrators, nursing home administrators, home health agencies, schools of nursing and other
appropriate parties will need to be convened by the BON. Convening the task
force will require additional resources for telephone, postage, supplies and
travel. The staff estimates a need for
between 4 and 6 meetings. Costs for per deim and travel for 15 advisory committee members for
between 4 and 6 meetings is estimated to be between $7,000 and $10,000. Estimates are based on costs for past
advisory committees.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
It will be difficult with current staff to meet the
deadline in this joint memorial, especially with the possibility of the BON
working on the Nurse Licensure Compact proposed by SB 186.
Staff would need to be reassigned from current
activities to meet the deadline mandated in Senate Joint Memorial 48.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
While
Senate Joint Memorial 48 does not request a study of licensure of hospital
corpsman as emergency medical technicians, the memorial does suggest that
military hospital corpsman provide services similar to civilian emergency
medical technicians. The Department of
Health administers the Emergency Medical Services Act and licenses emergency
medical technicians. It may be
worthwhile to have the Department of Health explore this option for military
hospital corpsman.
Change the reporting
deadline from
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