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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Fifth Legislature, Second Regular Session
AMENDED
schools; health care services; posting
Purpose
Requires a school district or charter school that provides routine healthcare services to students in a school health care office to provide a parent or guardian, upon request, the health care credentials of individuals who provide such services.
Background
The Arizona State Board of Nursing (AZBN) regulates the practice of
nursing by:
1) licensing qualified registered nurse (RN) and practical nurse applicants;
and 2) monitoring licensed nurses' compliance with statutory requirements and
AZBN-prescribed policies and rules. A qualified applicant may apply to the AZBN
for licensure by examination or licensure by endorsement in the manner
prescribed by the AZBN (A.R.S.
Title 32, Chapter 15).
The AZBN does not require an individual to hold a school nurse certification for employment as a school nurse, but allows eligible individuals to apply and receive an optional school nurse certification. To be eligible for a school nurse certification, an applicant must hold a current RN license in good standing or a multistate privilege to practice as an RN in Arizona. The AZBN must grant a school nurse certificate to any applicant who meets the prescribed requirements. A school nurse certificate expires every six years (A.A.C. R4-19-309; AZBN).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
2. Specifies that a school district or charter school is not required to release the personally identifiable information of an individual who provides routine health care services to students, including the individual's:
a) address;
b) salary;
c) social security number; or
d) telephone number.
3. Defines health care credentials as a license, certificate, permit or registration to practice a health care profession.
4. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Amendments Adopted by Committee
1. Removes the requirement for each school, school district or charter school that employs an RN to provide routine student health care services to prominently post a hyperlink to a webpage containing a statement that an RN is assigned to the school.
2. Removes the requirement for a school that provides routine student health care services, but does not employ an RN, to prominently post a hyperlink to a webpage containing the health care credentials of individuals who provide routine student health care services, or a statement that individuals without health care credentials provide such routine services.
3. Removes the requirement for each school that provides routine student health care services to prominently post in the school's health office and in the school's handbook the health care credentials of each individual who provides routine student health care services or a statement that individuals without health care credentials provide such services.
4. Requires a school district or charter school that provides routine student health care services to provide a parent or guardian the health care credentials of each individual who provides such services upon request.
5. Specifies that a school district or charter school is not required to release the personally identifiable information of an individual who provides routine student health care services in the school's health office.
6. Makes technical and conforming changes.
House Action Senate Action
ED 2/13/24 DPA 6-4-0-0 ED 3/20/24 DPA 7-0-0
3rd Read 2/28/24 31-28-0-0-1
Prepared by Senate Research
March 21, 2024
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