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SENATE BILL NO. 553
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the Senate Committee on Education and Health
on February 1, 2024)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Hackworth)
A BILL to direct the Board of Nursing to amend its regulations related to out-of-state clinical sites.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. That the Board of Nursing shall amend its regulations to permit nursing education programs in the Commonwealth located within 60 miles of a bordering state or the District of Columbia to contract for an unlimited number of required clinical hours at out-of-state clinical sites. The regulations shall require that all such clinical hours be accepted by the Board for licensure.