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NURSE APPRENTICE AMENDMENTS

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2024 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Evan J. Vickers

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House Sponsor: Steve Eliason

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill modifies provisions related to nurse apprentice licenses.
10     Highlighted Provisions:
11          This bill:
12          ▸     modifies when a nurse apprentice license expires.
13     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
14          None
15     Other Special Clauses:
16          None
17     Utah Code Sections Affected:
18     AMENDS:
19          58-31b-306.1, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2022, Chapter 277
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21     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
22          Section 1. Section 58-31b-306.1 is amended to read:
23          58-31b-306.1. Registered nurse apprentice license.
24          (1) The division shall issue a registered nurse apprentice license to an individual who
25     meets the qualifications under Subsection 58-31b-302(3).
26          (2) Unless the division extends the license for a specified period of time by written
27     notification provided to the individual, the license expires on the earlier of:

28          (a) one year from the day on which the license is issued;
29          (b) [after] 75 days after the day on which the division receives notice from the
30     examination agency that the individual failed to take or pass the examinations described in
31     Subsection 58-31b-302(4)(f)[, the day on which the division notifies the applicant that the
32     license is expired]; or
33          (c) the day on which the division issues the individual a license as a registered nurse.
34          (3) A license described in Subsection (1) is:
35          (a) valid only in Utah; and
36          (b) not an eligible license under Chapter 31e, Nurse Licensure Compact - Revised.
37          (4) The division may make rules to administer the license described in Subsection (1)
38     in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
39          Section 2. Effective date.
40          This bill takes effect on May 1, 2024.