GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

SENATE BILL 1191

RATIFIED BILL

AN ACT to direct the Division of Health Service Regulation, Department of Health and Human Services, to coordinate a review of the education and training requirements for nurse aides, as recommended by the north carolina study commission on aging.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.(a)  The Division of Health Service Regulation, Department of Health and Human Services, shall coordinate a review of the education and training requirements for nurse aides.  In conducting the review, the Division shall include an equal number of representatives from the Division of Health Service Regulation; Division of Aging and Adult Services; the North Carolina Board of Nursing; the North Carolina Community College System; the Direct Care Workers Association of North Carolina; the North Carolina Medical Society; the North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association; the North Carolina Hospital Association; the Association for Home and Hospice Care of North Carolina; the North Carolina Assisted Living Association; the North Carolina Association of Long Term Care Facilities; the North Carolina Association of Non-Profit Homes for the Aging; and individuals representing residents in long-term care.  The review shall include an evaluation of the current education and training requirements for nurse aides.

SECTION 1.(b)  The Division of Health Service Regulation shall report findings and recommendations on the appropriate levels of education and training for nurse aides to the North Carolina Study Commission on Aging on or before November 1, 2010.

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 30^th day of June, 2010.

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                                                                         Walter H. Dalton

                                                                         President of the Senate

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                                                                         Joe Hackney

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

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                                                                         Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2010