ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 456

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the State Board of
Nursing shall certify all medication assistants listed on the registry for medication
assistants on or before October 1, 2004, as medication technicians under this Act.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the State Board of
Nursing shall consult with any group that expresses an interest in being included in
developing regulations to implement this Act.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2004.

Approved May 26, 2004.

CHAPTER 456
(House Bill 602)

AN ACT concerning

State Board of Nursing - Nursing Assistants and Medication Technicians -
Certification Miscellaneous Provisions

FOR the purpose of altering the number of members on the State Board of Nursing
Rehabilitation Committee; requiring that a registered nurse with expertise in
pain management be a member of the rehabilitation committee; authorizing the
Board to conduct a demonstration study to evaluate certain changes to certain
nursing practice regulations; providing for the purpose of demonstration
studies; requiring the Board to approve the demonstration study design and to
select the testing facilities; authorizing the Board to waive certain requirements
during a demonstration study; requiring an individual to be certified by the
State Board of Nursing Board before practicing as a medication technician,
using certain titles, and making certain representations; making a certain
exception certain exceptions to the requirement for certification as a medication
technician; requiring the Board to set certain fees relating to the certification of
medication technicians; requiring certain funds to revert to the General Fund;
requiring the Board to adopt certain regulations; establishing certain
qualifications that an individual must meet to qualify for certain certificates;
repealing a certain procedure for granting a nursing assistant certificate by
waiver; establishing procedures for the certification of medication technicians
and the issuance and renewal of medication technician certificates; altering
certain requirements for the renewal of a nursing assistant certificate; requiring
certain certificate holders to notify the Board in a certain manner and within a
certain time period after a certain change has occurred; authorizing the Board
to impose a certain administrative penalty on certain certificate holders under
certain circumstances; requiring the Board to pay certain penalties to the
General Fund of the State; authorizing the Board to impose a certain fine on a
certified medication technician; establishing grounds for the denial of a
medication technician certificate and the discipline of certified medication
technicians; authorizing the Board to deny, suspend, or revoke certain

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