Complete Bill History



Senate File 148      



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                                    BY  BOLKCOM

                                         A BILL FOR

     1 An Act relating to hospital admitting privileges for advanced
     2    registered nurse practitioners.
     3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 135B.7, Code 2011, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  3A.  The rules shall require that a hospital
  1  4 establish and implement written criteria to allow individual
  1  5 advanced registered nurse practitioners to obtain admitting
  1  6 privileges without a collaborating physician.
  1  7                           EXPLANATION
  1  8    As part of the licensing requirements for hospitals, this
  1  9 bill requires that the department of inspections and appeals
  1 10 adopt rules that require hospitals to establish and implement
  1 11 written criteria to allow individual advanced registered
  1 12 nurse practitioners to obtain admitting privileges without a
  1 13 collaborating physician.
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