Nursing Important Announcements

Final Draft Point Paper on Act 110, SLH 2011

 

2011 Annual Pass Rate for Hawaii Nursing Programs

January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011

Model Nursing Practice Act December 2009

NCSBN model nursing act and model nursing administrative rules

Act 57, SLH 2010

Relating to the practice of nursing

Important Announcement Regarding Act 57, SLH 2010

How Act 57, SLH 2010 impacts nursing

ACT 169, SLH 2009

Relating to APRN Nurse Licenses

Important Announcement Regarding Act 30 (effective April 16, 2006)

License renewal, restoration, inactivation and reactivation requirements.

Important Announcement Regarding Exclusionary Formulary for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN)

 

Important Announcement for Foreign School Graduates and Examination Candidates

 

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY

 

NOTICE TO NURSES REGARDING ACT 198 Center for Nursing

Act 198 (effective July 1, 2003) established a Center for Nursing (Center) at the University of Hawaii School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene. The Center will help to ensure that better data about nurses is available, which will improve health care in Hawaii, as well as working conditions for nurses. The Center will collect and analyze data and prepare and disseminate written reports and recommendations regarding the current and future status and trends of the nursing workforce. The Center will conduct research on best practices and quality outcomes, as well as, develop a plan for implementing strategies to recruit and retain nurses. Act 198 establishes a special fund to support the Center’s activities and requires the assessment of a $40 fee upon the issuance of a new nurse license and at each license renewal. Beginning on July 1, 2003, each new license will be assessed the $40 fee to support the Center, and beginning with the 2005 renewal, the fee will be assessed for each license renewal.

Important Notice Regarding International Testing

 

ACT 173

Relating to the Center for Nursing Fee

CENTER FOR NURSING FEE

Additional fee (Session Laws of Hawaii 2008, Act 173 requires continued assessment of this fee until it is repealed on July 1, 2014, unless further extended by law). Upon issuance of new license or at license renewal period, each practical and registered nurse shall pay an additional fee of $40 which shall be deposited to the compliance resolution fund established under §26-9(o) for quarterly credit to the center for nursing special fund under §304D-5. L 2003, c 198, §§3, 6, and 10.

ACT 198

Relating to the University of Hawaii at Manoa school of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, Center for Nursing.

NCLEX FAQ's

Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the International NCLEX Administration