Under existing law, the State Board of Nursing employs investigators who investigate alleged violations of the Nurse Practice Act. The investigators do not have the power of law enforcement officers and are not required to meet the minimum standards for law enforcement officers.
This bill would grant investigators of the Board of Nursing who meet the minimum standards of the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission authority to exercise the powers of law enforcement officers, except the power to make arrests, in investigating alleged violations perpetrated by licensees of the Nurse Practice Act.
Pending third reading on day 23 Favorable from Health
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health
Engrossed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 776
Pittman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 775
Pittman Amendment Offered
Dial motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 774
Health and Human Services Amendment Offered
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Health and Human Services
Source: Alabama Legislature