ON APRIL 8, 2024, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 2378, AS AMENDED.
AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, establish that one of the powers or duties of the board of nursing is to prescribe the minimum curricular and minimum standards for schools of nursing and for courses of training preparing persons for licensure under state nursing law and provide for surveys of such schools or an affiliation of schools and courses. For practical nursing programs offered by a public institution of higher education, the board must require a minimum of 1,296 clock hours or an equivalent number of credit hours.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 68-1-303(b), 68-1-303
Amended with HA0849 -- 04/08/2024: 68-1-303(b), 68-1-303, 63-7-207