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(2)     Submits to the Board a renewal application on the form that the
Board requires;                                                     

(3)     Pays to the Board a renewal fee set by the Board; and

(4)     Provides satisfactory evidence of completion of:

(i) 8 hours of active nursing assistant practice within the 1-year
period immediately preceding the date of renewal; or

(ii) An approved nursing assistant training program.

(D) IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS IN SUBSECTION (C)(1), (2), AND (3) OF
THIS SECTION, A SKILLED NURSING ASSISTANT SHALL:

(1)      PROVIDE SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE OF COMPLETION OF 1,000 HOURS
OF PRACTICE AS A SKILLED NURSING ASSISTANT WITHIN THE INDIVIDUAL'S
SPECIFIC CATEGORY OF NURSING ASSISTANT, IN THE 2-YEAR PERIOD PRECEDING
THE DATE OF RENEWAL; AND

(2)      SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE A BOARD-APPROVED REFRESHER
COURSE WITHIN THE INDIVIDUAL'S SPECIFIC CATEGORY OF NURSING ASSISTANT.

[(d)] (E) The Board shall renew the certificate of each nursing assistant who
meets the requirements of this section.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2004.

Approved May 11, 2004.

CHAPTER 271
(Senate Bill 414)

AN ACT concerning

State Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Employees of Legal Aid

Bureau, Inc. - Repeal of Sunset

FOR the purpose of repealing a certain termination provision that applies to inclusion
of the employees of the Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., in the State Employee and
Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; and generally relating to
employees of Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., and the State Employee and Retiree
Health and Welfare Benefits Program.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Chapter 191 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2002
Section 2

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