Pennsylvania Act 1923-280 — LICENSED NURSING ATTENDANTS REGISTRATION LAW

Act text

LICENSED NURSING ATTENDANTS REGISTRATION LAW
                  Act of Jun. 8, 1923, P.L. 683, No. 280              Cl. 63
                                  AN ACT

     Relating to the registration and reregistration of nurses and
        licensed attendants by the State Board of Examiners for
        Registration of Nurses, and the issuance of a license to
        practice nursing; making the violation of the provisions of
        this act a misdemeanor, and providing penalties therefor.

        Compiler's Note:  Section 13 of Act 151 of 1974 provided that
            Act 280 is repealed insofar as it relates to the
            registration of registered nurses.
        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That all persons registered
     as registered nurses with the State Board of Examiners for
     Registration of Nurses, and all persons registered with said
     board as licensed attendants, shall in every year, following the
     passage of this act, during the month of January again cause his
     or her certificate to be recorded in the office of the State
     Board of Examiners for Registration of Nurses. The registered
     nurse shall pay to the said board a fee of one dollar ($1.00)
     for such reregistration, and the licensed attendant shall pay to
     the said board a fee of fifty cents ($.50) for such
     reregistration.
        Section 2.  On or before the first day of November of each
     year, after the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three,
     the secretary of the board shall mail to every registered nurse
     and licensed attendant in the State of Pennsylvania a blank
     application for reregistration, addressing the same in
     accordance with the post-office address given at the last
     previous registration. Upon the receipt of such application
     blank, which shall contain space for the insertion of his or her
     name, office or post-office address, date and number of his or
     her license, and such other information as the board may deem
     necessary, he or she shall sign same with his or her name in his
     or her own handwriting, and fill out the address and other
     blanks in his or her own handwriting, after which he or she
     shall forward such statement and application for renewal of his
     or her registration certificate to the secretary of the board,
     together with the fee of one dollar ($1.00) for registered
     nurses or fifty cents ($.50) for licensed attendants. Upon
     receipt of such application and fee, and having verified the
     accuracy of the same by comparison with the applicant's initial
     registration statements, the secretary of the board shall issue
     a certificate of registration, which shall render the holder
     thereof a legally qualified registered nurse or licensed
     attendant, as the case may be, for the ensuing year: Provided,
     however, That the said board may revoke any certificate of
     registration for sufficient cause in accordance with the rules
     and by-laws of the board and in the manner provided by law.
     Every license shall be issued by the board under seal, and shall
     be signed by the president and secretary of the board of
     examiners. Before any license is issued it shall be numbered and
     properly recorded in the office of the board, and its number
     shall be noted in the license. The board shall license to
     practice nursing all registered nurses, practicing as such
     within the State of Pennsylvania on or before the first day of
     July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, who make
     application therefor prior to the first day of December, one
     thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and submit satisfactory
     evidence that he or she is at the time of the application
     therefor registered and legally authorized, in the manner now
     provided by law, to assume the title of registered nurse. The
     board shall license to care for the sick all licensed
     attendants, practicing as such within the State of Pennsylvania
     on or before the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
     and twenty-three, who make application therefor prior to the
     first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-
     three, and submit satisfactory evidence that he or she is at the
     time of the application therefor registered and legally
     authorized, in the manner now provided by law, to assume the
     title of licensed attendant. These certificates of registration
     shall all bear date of September first of the year of issue, and
     shall expire on the thirty-first day of August in the year
     following. All nurses already registered in this State at the
     time of the passage of this act shall make application to the
     secretary of the board for the registration blank, upon receipt
     of which he or she shall, in like manner already described, make
     application for reregistration, forwarding to the secretary of
     the board the reregistration blank, properly filled in,
     accompanied by the fee of one dollar ($1.00). All registered
     licensed attendants already registered in this State at the time
     of the passage of this act shall make application to the
     secretary of the board for the registration blank, upon receipt
     of which he or she shall, in like manner already described, make
     application for reregistration, forwarding to the secretary of
     the board the reregistration blank, properly filled in, and
     accompanied by the fee of fifty ($.50) cents. Said application
     and fee must reach the secretary on or before the first day of
     December following the adoption of this statute. Should any
     registered nurse or licensed attendant continue to practice
     nursing and care of the sick beyond the thirty-first day of
     January without having registered as required by the provisions
     of this act, he or she shall be counted as an illegal
     practitioner, and his or her license may be suspended or revoked
     by the board of examiners. Any nurse or licensed attendant whose
     certificate is revoked because of failure to register as
     required by the provisions of this act shall be entitled to
     reinstatement as a registered nurse or licensed attendant, as
     the case may be, upon application made to the board, accompanied
     by the annual fee and by two affidavits as to good character
     made by a director of a training school for nurses and by a
     superintendent of a hospital recognized as such by the board.
     No person whose certificate has been suspended or revoked for
     failure to register shall thereafter practice as a trained,
     certified, graduate or registered nurse or licensed attendant
     nurse until he or she has been granted a license by the board,
     upon the application for reinstatement provided for above.
        Section 3.  Any person who violates any of the provisions of
     this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction
     thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than fifty
     ($50.00) dollars nor more than two hundred ($200.00) dollars for
     each offense.
        Section 4.  Nothing contained in this act shall be construed
     as conferring any authority to practice medicine, or to
     undertake the treatment or cure of disease, in violation of the
     laws of the Commonwealth.