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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 322
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SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2002.
Approved May 6, 2002.
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CHAPTER 322
(Senate Bill 537)
AN ACT concerning
Health Occupations - Nurses' Bill of Rights
Labor and Employment - Nurses - Involuntary Overtime Prohibition
FOR the purpose of declaring that nurses have certain rights; prohibiting an
employer from taking retribution against a nurse under certain circumstances;
prohibiting an employer from requiring a nurse to work more than the
scheduled hours according to the predetermined work schedule; providing that a
nurse may not be considered to be responsible for the care of a patient beyond
the nurse's scheduled work period predetermined work schedule under certain
circumstances; requiring an employer to be responsible for ensuring exhaust all
good faith, reasonable attempts to ensure that appropriate staff is available to
accept responsibility for care of a patient beyond a nurse's scheduled work
period predetermined work schedule; exempting certain nurses from certain
provisions of this Act; defining a certain terms term; and generally relating to
the rights of nurses employment and work hours of nurses.
BY adding to
Article—Health Occupations
Section 8-103 and 8-708
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2000 Replacement Volume and 2001 Supplement)
BY adding to
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 3-421
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2001 Supplement)
Preamble
WHEREAS, Nurses are highly competent, highly educated specialists, and
highly valued professional care givers who are independent decision makers and
whose autonomy of action is legally defined; and
WHEREAS, Nurses are at the core of the delivery of hands on patient care; and
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