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314.121 Board of Nursing -- Members -- Appointment -- Terms -- Qualifications.
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The Governor shall appoint a Board of Nursing consisting of sixteen (16) members:
(a) Nine (9) members shall be registered nurses licensed to practice in the
Commonwealth, with the Governor ensuring that the appointees represent
different specialties from a broad cross-section of the nursing profession after
soliciting and receiving nominations from recognized specialty state
component societies;
(b) Three (3) members shall be practical nurses licensed to practice in the
Commonwealth;
(c) One (1) member shall be a nurse service administrator who is a registered
nurse licensed to practice in the Commonwealth;
(d) One (1) member shall be engaged in practical nurse education who is a
registered nurse licensed to practice in the Commonwealth; and
(e) Two (2) members shall be citizens at large, who are not associated with or
financially interested in the practice or business regulated.
Each appointment shall be for a term of four (4) years expiring on June 30 of the
fourth year. The cycle for appointments and expiration of terms shall be as follows:
(a) The first year of the four (4) year cycle, the terms for three (3) registered
nurses and one (1) licensed practical nurse shall expire;
(b) The second year of the four (4) year cycle, the terms for three (3) registered
nurses and one (1) citizen at large shall expire;
(c) The third year of the four (4) year cycle, the terms for two (2) registered
nurses, one (1) licensed practical nurse, and the one (1) member engaged in
practical nurse education who is a registered nurse shall expire; and
(d) The fourth year of the four (4) year cycle, the terms for two (2) registered
nurses, one (1) licensed practical nurse, and one (1) citizen at large shall
expire.
(a) By March 1, the Kentucky Nurses Association shall submit to the Governor a
list of members qualified for appointment as R.N. members, in number not
less than twice the number of appointments to be made, from which list the
Governor shall make each appointment or appointments necessary by July 1.
(b) By March 1, Kentucky Licensed Practical Nurses Organization Incorporated
shall submit to the Governor a list of names qualified for appointment as
L.P.N. members, in number not less than twice the number of appointments to
be made, from which list the Governor shall make each appointment or
appointments as necessary by July 1.
(c) By March 1 of the year in which the nurse service administrator's term shall
expire, the Kentucky Organization of Nurse Executives, an affiliate of the
Kentucky Hospital Association, shall submit to the Governor two (2) names of
qualified individuals for appointment as the nurse service administrator from
which list the Governor shall make an appointment as necessary by July 1.
(d) By March 1, the Kentucky Association of Nonprofit Homes and Services for
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the Aging, Inc., shall submit to the Governor two (2) names of qualified
individuals for appointments as its R.N. representative to the board, from
which the Governor shall make an appointment by July 1.
(e) By March 1 of the year in which the Kentucky Association of Health Care
Facilities representative's term shall expire, the Kentucky Association of
Health Care Facilities shall submit to the Governor two (2) names of qualified
individuals for appointment as its R.N. representative to the board, from
which list the Governor shall make an appointment as necessary by July 1.
(f) Initially, the Governor shall appoint one (1) member to serve as the registered
nurse who is engaged in practical nurse education to serve the term remaining
according to the cycle specified in subsection (2) of this section. By August 1,
1996, Kentucky Licensed Practical Nurses Organization Incorporated shall
submit to the Governor two (2) names of qualified individuals for the
appointment, from which list the Governor shall make the appointment by
September 1, 1996. Thereafter, by March 1 of the year in which the practical
nurse educator's term expires, Kentucky Licensed Practical Nurses
Organization Incorporated shall submit to the Governor two (2) names of
qualified individuals for the appointment, from which list the Governor shall
make the appointment by July 1.
(g) The Governor shall appoint two (2) members who shall be citizens at large,
who are not associated with or financially interested in the practice or business
regulated. The Governor shall make the appointments by July 1 of the year in
which the citizen members' terms expire.
A vacancy on the board shall be filled by the Governor as provided for under
subsection (1) of this section.
The Governor may remove any member from the board for neglect of duty,
incompetence, or unprofessional or dishonorable conduct.
Each R.N. member of the board shall be a citizen of the United States, a resident of
Kentucky, a graduate of an approved school of nursing, and a registered nurse in
this state. All shall have had at least five (5) years of experience in nursing, three (3)
of which shall immediately precede such appointment. Five (5) members shall be
engaged in nursing practice; three (3) shall be engaged in nursing education; one (1)
shall be engaged in advanced practice registered nursing; and one (1) shall be in
nursing administration.
Each L.P.N. member of the board shall be a citizen of the United States, a resident
of Kentucky, a graduate of an approved school of practical nursing or its equivalent,
licensed as a licensed practical nurse in this state, have at least five (5) years of
experience in nursing, three (3) of which shall immediately precede this
appointment, and be currently engaged in nursing practice.
Effective: July 20, 2012
History: Amended 2012 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 10, effective July 20,
2012. -- Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 29, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2010; and ch. 85,
sec. 63, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 391, sec. 18, effective
July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 26, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1996. --
Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 83, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992; ch. 128, sec. 12,
effective July 14, 1992; and ch. 259, sec. 4, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended
1988 Ky. Acts ch. 342, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch.
346, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 408, sec. 10,
effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 168, sec. 10, effective June
17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 206, sec. 7. -- Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch.
20, sec. 4.
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