PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                            S.B. 170

a nurse practices without a license, including any period in which a license or temporary
license has lapsed, commits an act that would be grounds for disciplinary action after
failing to renew a license, engages in conduct derogatory to the profession or that
demonstrates a lack of moral character, or violates alcohol or drug laws.

House Bill 221, which was passed by the General Assembly and will be signed by me on
May 25, 1995, accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to
sign Senate Bill 170.

Sincerely,

Parris N. Glendening

Governor

Senate Bill No. 170

AN ACT concerning

Nurses - Practice Qualifications - Grounds for Discipline

FOR the purpose of requiring an applicant for certain nursing licenses or certification to
be of good moral character; specifying certain grounds on which the State Board of
Nursing may take disciplinary action against certain nursing licensees or applicants;
providing for the effective date of this Act; and generally relating to the practice of
nursing.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Health Occupations
Section 8-302(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume)

BY adding to

Article - Health Occupations
Section 8-302(g)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health Occupations
Section 8-316

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health Occupations

8-302.

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