AN ACT authorizing the north carolina board of nursing to require applicants to submit evidence of continuing competency upon license renewal or reinstatement.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 90‑171.23(b) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(b)	Duties, powers. The Board is empowered to:
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(20)	Adopt rules requiring an applicant to submit to the Board evidence of the applicant's continuing competence in the practice of nursing at the time of license renewal or reinstatement.
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SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 5th day of July, 2005.

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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		 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

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		 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2005