SB394,43,1616 (c) Clinical nurse specialist.
SB394,43,1717 (d) Nurse practitioner.
SB394,98 18Section 98 . 441.01 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,43,2519 441.01 (3) The board may promulgate rules to establish minimum standards
20for schools for professional nurses and, schools for licensed practical nurses, and
21schools for advanced practice registered nurses,
including all related clinical units
22and facilities, and make and provide periodic surveys and consultations to such
23schools. It The board may also establish promulgate rules to prevent unauthorized
24persons from practicing professional nursing. It shall approve all rules for the
25administration of this chapter in accordance with ch. 227.
SB394,99
1Section 99. 441.01 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,44,72 441.01 (4) The board shall direct that those schools that qualify be placed on
3a list of schools the board has approved for professional nurses or, of schools the board
4has approved for licensed practical nurses, or of schools the board has approved for
5advanced practice registered nurses
on application and proof of qualifications;, and
6the board shall make a study of nursing education and initiate promulgate rules and
7policies to improve it.
SB394,100 8Section 100 . 441.01 (7) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,44,129 441.01 (7) (a) (intro.) The board shall require each applicant for the renewal
10of a registered nurse or, licensed practical nurse, or advanced practice registered
11nurse
license issued under this chapter to do all of the following as a condition for
12renewing the license:
SB394,101 13Section 101 . 441.01 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,44,2014 441.01 (7) (b) The board may not renew a registered nurse or, licensed practical
15nurse, or advanced practice registered nurse license under this chapter unless the
16renewal applicant has completed the nursing workforce survey to the satisfaction of
17the board. The board shall establish standards to determine whether the survey has
18been completed. The board shall, by no later than June 30 of each odd-numbered
19year, submit all completed nursing workforce survey forms to the department of
20workforce development.
SB394,102 21Section 102 . 441.01 (7) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB394,44,2422 441.01 (7) (c) An applicant who is renewing both a registered nurse and
23advanced practice registered nurse license under s. 441.09 (1) (c) is only required to
24pay a single fee under par. (a) 2.
SB394,103 25Section 103 . 441.06 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB394,45,1
1441.06 (title) Registered nurses; civil liability exemption.
SB394,104 2Section 104. 441.06 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,45,83 441.06 (3) A Except as provided in s. 441.09 (1) (c), a registered nurse
4practicing for compensation shall, on or before the applicable renewal date specified
5under s. 440.08 (2) (a), submit to the board on furnished forms a statement giving
6name, residence, and other facts that the board requires, with the nursing workforce
7survey and fee required under s. 441.01 (7) and the applicable renewal fee
8determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a).
SB394,105 9Section 105 . 441.06 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,45,1810 441.06 (4) Except as provided in s. 257.03, no person may practice or attempt
11to practice professional nursing, nor use the title, letters, or anything else to indicate
12that he or she is a registered or professional nurse unless he or she is licensed under
13this section. Except as provided in s. 257.03, no person not so licensed may use in
14connection with his or her nursing employment or vocation any title or anything else
15to indicate that he or she is a trained, certified or graduate nurse. This subsection
16does not apply to any registered nurse who holds a multistate license, as defined in
17s. 441.51 (2) (h), issued by a jurisdiction, other than this state, that has adopted the
18enhanced nurse licensure compact under s. 441.51.
SB394,106 19Section 106. 441.06 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 441.09 (7) and amended
20to read:
SB394,45,2321 441.09 (7) Civil liability. No person certified licensed as an advanced practice
22registered nurse prescriber under s. 441.16 (2) this section is liable for civil damages
23for any of the following:
SB394,46,324 (a) Reporting in good faith to the department of transportation under s. 146.82
25(3) a patient's name and other information relevant to a physical or mental condition

1of the patient that in the advanced practice nurse prescriber's registered nurse's
2judgment impairs the patient's ability to exercise reasonable and ordinary control
3over a motor vehicle.
SB394,46,84 (b) In good faith, not reporting to the department of transportation under s.
5146.82 (3) a patient's name and other information relevant to a physical or mental
6condition of the patient that in the advanced practice nurse prescriber's registered
7nurse's
judgment does not impair the patient's ability to exercise reasonable and
8ordinary control over a motor vehicle.
SB394,107 9Section 107. 441.07 (1g) (intro.), (a), (c) and (e) of the statutes are amended
10to read:
SB394,46,1811 441.07 (1g) (intro.) Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1), the
12board may deny an initial license or revoke, limit, suspend, or deny the renewal of
13a license of a registered nurse, nurse-midwife advanced practice registered nurse,
14or licensed practical nurse; deny an initial certificate or revoke, limit, suspend, or
15deny the renewal of a certificate to
prescribe drugs or devices granted under s.
16441.16;
or reprimand a registered nurse, nurse-midwife advanced practice
17registered nurse
, or licensed practical nurse, if the board finds that the applicant or
18licensee committed any of the following:
SB394,46,1919 (a) Fraud in the procuring or renewal of the certificate or license.
SB394,46,2220 (c) Acts which that show the registered nurse, nurse-midwife advanced
21practice registered nurse,
or licensed practical nurse to be unfit or incompetent by
22reason of negligence, abuse of alcohol or other drugs, or mental incompetency.
SB394,46,2523 (e) A violation of any state or federal law that regulates prescribing or
24dispensing drugs or devices, if the person has a certificate to prescribe drugs or
25devices under s. 441.16
may issue prescription orders under s. 441.09 (2).
SB394,108
1Section 108. 441.09 of the statutes is created to read:
SB394,47,5 2441.09 Advanced practice registered nurses; civil liability exemption.
3(1)
License. (a) An applicant who satisfies all of the following requirements may
4apply to the board for initial licensure by the board as an advanced practice
5registered nurse: