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GA HB1516
Bill
Status
Introduced
3/26/2024
Primary Sponsor
Jodi Lott
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AI Summary
- Transfers authority over nurse protocol agreements from the Georgia Composite Medical Board to the Georgia Board of Nursing, giving the Board of Nursing power to review, approve, or disapprove these agreements between physicians and advanced practice registered nurses
- Shifts the responsibility for filing nurse protocol agreements from the delegating physician to the advanced practice registered nurse
- Requires the Georgia Board of Nursing to act on complete nurse protocol agreement applications in a timely manner, with agreements deemed automatically approved if the Board fails to act within the time limit
- Grants the Georgia Board of Nursing authority to revoke previously approved nurse protocol agreements and to promulgate rules and regulations governing nurses, advanced practice registered nurses, and nurse protocols
- Provides that disapprovals or revocations of nurse protocol agreements by the Board of Nursing are contested cases under the Georgia Administrative Procedure Act, ensuring formal administrative hearing rights
Legislative Description
Professions and businesses; nurse protocol agreement; provisions
Last Action
House Second Readers
3/28/2024
Committee Referrals
Health3/26/2024
Full Bill Text
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