CHAPTER 31
HB 1030 - FINAL VERSION
2022 SESSION
22-2372
11/08
HOUSE BILL 1030
AN ACT relative to licensure by alternate experience for licensed nursing assistant.
SPONSORS: Rep. S. Pearson, Rock. 6; Rep. Edwards, Rock. 4; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill clarifies requirements for alternate experience licensure of nursing assistants.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22-2372
11/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to licensure by alternate experience for licensed nursing assistant.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
31:1 Licensed Nursing Assistant; Licensure by Alternate Experience. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 326-B:21-a, I and RSA 326-B:21-a, I(a) to read as follows:
I. A current or former military service member who has been assigned [a military occupational specialty (MOS) code of 68W (Army) or 4N0X1 (Air Force), with or without additional skill identifiers, and who, as part of such member's service in the military, has utilized their MOS within the last 3 years] an enlisted occupational skill in any of the Department of Defense branches, including Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, or others, qualifying the member to serve as a medical assistant primarily responsible for providing emergency medical treatment at the point of care, limited primary care, and health protection and evacuation from a point of injury or illness, shall be deemed to have taken a board-approved nursing assistant course and may apply for a license as a nursing assistant in New Hampshire. For purposes of this paragraph "occupational skill" shall include Army 68W, Air Force 4N0X1, Navy hospital corpsman HM, Coast Guard health services technician HS, or equivalents as implemented by the Department of Defense. An applicant under this paragraph shall:
(a) Provide proof that the applicant has been assigned [a MOS] an enlisted occupational code of 68W (Army), [or] 4N0X1 (Air Force), Navy hospital corpsman HM, Coast Guard health services technician HS, or equivalents, and that the applicant has used [their MOS] those skills as part of their service in the last 3 years;
31:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 03, 2022
Effective Date: July 02, 2022