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D. Nursing in this State by a currently licensed nurse
whose employment was contracted outside this State but
requires the nurse to accompany and care for the patient
while in this State. This practice is limited to the
particular patient to 3 months within one year and is at the
discretion of the board; or

 
E.__Nursing by a registered nurse or licensed practical
nurse currently licensed in a jurisdiction outside the
United States or its territories for a period not to exceed
90 days pending receipt of a United States social security
number as long as all other requirements for licensure have
been submitted and verified and the registered or licensed
nurse has furnished upon employment satisfactory evidence of
current licensure in another jurisdiction and the nurse
furnishes a letter of authorization to the prospective
employer of having submitted proper application and fees to
the board for licensure prior to employment;

 
Sec. H-3. 32 MRSA §2103, sub-§6, as amended by PL 1993, c. 600, Pt. A,
§113, is further amended to read:

 
6. Nursing services; practice of religious principles. This
chapter does not prohibit nursing Nursing services performed in
accordance with the practice of the religious principles or
tenets of a church or denomination that relies upon prayer or
spiritual means alone for healing.; or

 
Sec. H-4. 32 MRSA §2103, sub-§7 is enacted to read:

 
7.__Nursing services by successful candidates of the National
Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc.'s National Council's
Learning Extension licensure examination pending receipt of
United States social security number.__The practice of nursing
for a period not to exceed 90 days by an applicant for licensure
as a registered professional nurse or practical nurse who has
passed the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc.'s
National Council's Learning Extension licensure examination and
has met all requirements for licensure except obtaining a United
States social security number, as required by Title 36, section
175.

 
Sec. H-5. 32 MRSA §2201, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1993, c. 600, Pt. A,
§126, is repealed.

 
Sec. H-6. 32 MRSA §2251-A, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1993, c. 600, Pt.
A, §133, is repealed.


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