Section 21.144. Purpose of the Board

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The Board will insure safe nursing services for the citizens of this Commonwealth. Embodied in this purpose are the following responsibilities:
(1) To establish safe standards for the preparation of registered and practical nurses in approved educational programs.
(2) To assure safe standards of nursing practice through examination and licensure of graduates of approved educational programs, through endorsement of registered and practical nurses from other jurisdictions and through the regulation of the practice of nursing in this Commonwealth.

The provisions of this § 21.144 amended July 1, 1983, effective July 2, 1983, 13 Pa.B. 2061. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (26485).

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The provisions of this § 21.144 amended under section 506 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 186); and section 8 of the Practical Nurse Law (63 P. S. § 658).

                    
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