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ID S1098
Bill
AI Summary
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Board of Nursing may refuse to issue, renew, or reinstate licenses and may revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, limit, restrict, or condition licenses for specified grounds of discipline including felony convictions, gross negligence, substance abuse, unfitness to practice, and failure to report criminal conduct by licensees.
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Executive director of the Board of Nursing shall conduct investigations and initiate proceedings necessary to ensure compliance with nursing regulations, with all disciplinary proceedings afforded due process and opportunity for hearing under Idaho Code chapter 52, title 67.
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Executive director may report current significant investigative information to the coordinated licensure information system for transmission to states that are parties to multistate nurse licensure agreements or compacts, notwithstanding provisions of chapter 3, title 9, Idaho Code.
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Executive director may share investigative or disciplinary information and cooperate with government regulatory and law enforcement agencies, notwithstanding confidentiality provisions of chapter 3, title 9, Idaho Code.
Legislative Description
Amends existing law relating to nurses to revise provisions relating to the authority of the Board of Nursing to report investigative information and to provide provisions relating to the authority of the Executive Director of the Board of Nursing to cooperate with regulatory and law enforcement agencies.
NURSES
Last Action
to Com/HuRes
3/3/2011