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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3552 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20010214 Primary Sponsor:Simrill All Sponsors:Simrill Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\nbd\11265ac01.doc Companion Bill Number:323 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee 27 H3M Subject:Nurse educated and Licensed in Canada, licensure requirements established for; Medical, Nurses History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 20010220 Companion Bill No. 323 House 20010214 Introduced, read first time, 27 H3M referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 40-33-565 SO AS TO ESTABLISH REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE WITHOUT EXAMINATION FOR A NURSE EDUCATED AND LICENSED IN CANADA.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 40-33-565. (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 40-33-560 or any other provision of law, a nurse educated and licensed in Canada is eligible for licensure without examination if the nurse has:
(1) proof of education in a Canadian School of Nursing;
(2) proof of passing the Canadian Nurses Association Test Service Examination (CNATS) written in the English language. An exception to this requirement is made for the applicant who was registered by Canadian province examination written in the English language before CNATS or the State Board Test Pool Examination;
(3) not failed the examination developed by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc.;
(4) mental and physical health necessary to competently practice nursing;
(5) an unencumbered license in all jurisdictions in which an applicant is licensed or has ever been licensed; and
(6) completed all court conditions resulting from any misdemeanor or felony convictions.
(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a nurse licensed in Canada may not obtain licensure pursuant to this section if the license was obtained by reciprocity, endorsement, or any other procedure based on licensure in a foreign county other than the United States."
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