Bill No.: SF0090                  Drafter:  JWL

LSO No.:  11LSO-0380              Effective Date:  7/1/2011

Enrolled Act No.:  SEA0079

Chapter No.:       171

Prime Sponsor:     Senator Nutting

Catch Title:       Wyoming Nurse Practice Act-amendments.

Subject:  Amends Board of Nursing disciplinary authority.

Summary/Major Elements:

• This act amends the Wyoming Nurse Practice Act by:

o Clarifying that the Board of Nursing has authority to discipline persons holding certificates as nursing assistants and nurses aides, as well as persons holding licenses as nurses;

o Adding, as a grounds for discipline against a licensee or certificate holder, the violation of a previously entered board order.