WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

(D) A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS GUILTY OF A
MISDEMEANOR AND ON CONVICTION IS SUBJECT TO A FINE OF NOT MORE
THAN $1,000 OR IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 1 YEAR 90 DAYS OR
BOTH.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1989.

May 25, 1989

The Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.

President of the Senate

State House

Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Dear Mr. President:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland
Constitution, I have today vetoed Senate Bill 744.

This bill authorizes the State Board of Nursing to place a
licensee on inactive status and provides appropriate requirements
for that status.

House Bill 1274, which was passed by the General Assembly and
signed by me on May 25, 1989, accomplishes the same purpose.
Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign Senate Bill 744.

Sincerely,

William Donald Schaefer

Governor

Senate Bill No. 744

AN ACT concerning

Nursing - License to Practice - Inactive Status

FOR the purpose of authorizing the State Board of Nursing to
license certain nurses as on inactive status; establishing
certain requirements for inactive status; prohibiting a
licensee on inactive status from practicing nursing, but
allowing the use of certain titles and abbreviations;
establishing certain licensee and Board requirements for the
renewal of a license to practice nursing following inactive

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