HARRY HUGHES, Governor

1857

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety
and having been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by
three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect June 1, 1981.

Approved May 12, 1981.

CHAPTER 437

(House Bill 1284)

AN ACT concerning

Registered Nurses and
Licensed Practical Nurses

FOR the purpose of clarifying the powers of the State Board
of Examiners of Nurses concerning authorizing the
performance of certain delegated medical and nursing
functions by registered nurses and licensed practical
nurses; and modifying certain provisions relating to
licensed practical nurses.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Health Occupations

Section 7-205

Annotated Code of Maryland

(As enacted by Chapter ____ (H.B. 1) of the Acts

of the General Assembly of 1981)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland

(as enacted by Chapter ____ (H.B. 1) of the Acts of the

General Assembly of 1981) be repealed, amended, or enacted
to read as follows:

Article - Health Occupations

7-205.

In addition to the powers and duties set forth
elsewhere in this title, the Board has the following powers
and duties: