HOUSE BILL No. 5564


     January 9, 2002, Introduced by Rep. Jamnick and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.


        A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

   "Public health code,"

   by amending section 16186 (MCL 333.16186), as amended by 1993 PA

   80.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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             Sec. 16186.  (1)  An  EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SUB-

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        SECTION (3), AN individual who is licensed to practice a health

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        profession in another state,  or who  is registered in another

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        state, or  who  holds specialty certification from another state

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        and who applies for licensure, registration, or specialty certi-

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        fication in this state may be granted an appropriate license or

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        registration OR SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION upon satisfying the board

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        or task force to which the applicant applies as to all of the

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        following:




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             (a) The applicant substantially meets the requirements of

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        this article and THE rules promulgated by a board or task force

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        UNDER THIS ARTICLE for licensure, registration, or specialty

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        certification.

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             (b) The applicant is licensed, registered, or SPECIALTY cer-

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        tified in another state that maintains standards substantially

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        equivalent to those of this state.

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             (2) Before licensing, registering, or certifying  the  AN

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        applicant UNDER THIS SECTION, the board or task force to which

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        the applicant applies may require the applicant to appear person-

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        ally before it for an interview to evaluate the applicant's rele-

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        vant qualifications.

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             (3) AN INDIVIDUAL WHO COMPLETED HIS OR HER NURSING EDUCA-

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        TIONAL REQUIREMENTS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES, IS LICENSED TO

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        PRACTICE AS A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE IN ANOTHER STATE, AND

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        APPLIES FOR LICENSURE AS A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE IN THIS

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        STATE MAY BE GRANTED THAT LICENSE UPON SATISFYING THE MICHIGAN

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        BOARD OF NURSING AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND INDUSTRY

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        SERVICES AS TO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

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             (A) THAT THE APPLICANT SUBSTANTIALLY MEETS ALL OF THE

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        REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ARTICLE FOR LICENSURE AS A REGISTERED PRO-

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        FESSIONAL NURSE.

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             (B) THAT THE STATE IN WHICH THE APPLICANT IS LICENSED AS A

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        REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE MAINTAINS LICENSURE STANDARDS THAT

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        ARE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO THOSE OF THIS STATE.

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             (C) THAT THE STATE IN WHICH THE APPLICANT IS LICENSED DID

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        NOT REQUIRE THE COMMISSION ON GRADUATES OF FOREIGN NURSING

 
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        SCHOOLS QUALIFYING EXAMINATION AT THE TIME THE APPLICANT WAS

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        LICENSED IN THE OTHER STATE.

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             (D) THAT THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN LICENSED AND EMPLOYED AS A

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        REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE ON A FULL-TIME BASIS OR ITS EQUIVA-

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        LENT IN THE OTHER STATE FOR NOT LESS THAN THE 2 YEARS IMMEDIATELY

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        PRECEDING THE DATE OF APPLICATION FOR LICENSURE IN THIS STATE.

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             (E) THAT THE APPLICANT IS LICENSED IN GOOD STANDING IN THE

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        OTHER STATE, HAS NO OCCUPATIONAL DISCIPLINARY ACTION PENDING

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        AGAINST HIM OR HER, AND IS NOT SUBJECT TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE SANC-

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        TION IMPOSED ON HIM OR HER BY THE LICENSING BOARD OF THE OTHER

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        STATE.

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             (F) THAT THE APPLICANT HAS PASSED THE NATIONAL COUNCIL

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        LICENSURE EXAMINATION FOR REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSES, AS

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        APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT.




























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