Enrolled Copy S.B. 127
1 NURSE APPRENTICE AMENDMENTS
2024 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Evan J. Vickers House Sponsor: Steve Eliason
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3 LONG TITLE
4 General Description:
5 This bill modifies provisions related to nurse apprentice licenses.
6 Highlighted Provisions:
7 This bill:
8 ▸ modifies when a nurse apprentice license expires.
9 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
10 None
11 Other Special Clauses:
12 None
13 Utah Code Sections Affected:
14 AMENDS:
15 58-31b-306.1, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2022, Chapter 277
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17 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
18 Section 1. Section 58-31b-306.1 is amended to read:
19 58-31b-306.1 . Registered nurse apprentice license.
20 (1) The division shall issue a registered nurse apprentice license to an individual who meets
21 the qualifications under Subsection 58-31b-302(3).
22 (2) Unless the division extends the license for a specified period of time by written
23 notification provided to the individual, the license expires on the earlier of:
24 (a) one year from the day on which the license is issued;
25 (b) [after] 75 days after the day on which the division receives notice from the
26 examination agency that the individual failed to take or pass the examinations
27 described in Subsection 58-31b-302(4)(f)[, the day on which the division notifies the
28 applicant that the license is expired]; or
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29 (c) the day on which the division issues the individual a license as a registered nurse.
30 (3) A license described in Subsection (1) is:
31 (a) valid only in Utah; and
32 (b) not an eligible license under Chapter 31e, Nurse Licensure Compact - Revised.
33 (4) The division may make rules to administer the license described in Subsection (1) in
34 accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
35 Section 2. Effective date.
36 This bill takes effect on May 1, 2024.
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