| | 7. Nursing services by successful candidates of the National | Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc.'s National Council | 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 Council Licensure | Examination and has met all requirements for licensure except | obtaining a United States social security number, as required by | Title 36, section 175. |
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| | Sec. 3. 32 MRSA §2153-A, last paragraph, as repealed and replaced by PL | 1995, c. 625, Pt. A, §38, is repealed. |
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| | Sec. 4. 32 MRSA §2153-B is enacted to read: |
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| §2153-B.__Liaison; limitations |
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| | The Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation | shall act as a liaison between the board and the Governor.__The | commissioner may not exercise or interfere with the exercise of | discretionary, regulatory or licensing authority granted by | statute to the board.__The commissioner may require the board to | be accessible to the public for complaints and questions during | regular business hours and to provide any information the | commissioner requires in order to ensure that the board is | operating administratively within the requirements of this | chapter. |
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| | Sec. 5. 32 MRSA §2203 is repealed. |
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| | Sec. 6. 32 MRSA §2207, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1993, c. 600, Pt. A, | §130, is further amended to read: |
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| | 2. Reexamination. For reexamination, a fee to be determined | by the board based on the number of areas to be covered and not | to exceed $100; and |
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| | Sec. 7. 32 MRSA §2252, as amended by PL 1991, c. 153, §3 and | affected by §5, is further amended to read: |
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| §2252. License; examination |
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| | The applicant is required to pass a written examination in | subjects deemed considered necessary by the board to determine | the fitness of the applicant to practice practical nursing. Each | written examination may be supplemented by an oral or practical | examination. Upon the applicant's successfully passing the |
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