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Committee backs bill letting registered nurses pronounce deaths in hospitals under physician agreement
Summary
Senate Bill 668 would permit registered nurses to pronounce a patient's death in a hospital when the nurse has a standing agreement with the attending physician who will later certify the death certificate; committee moved the bill to the calendar after discussion about scope and language.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee approved Senate Bill 668 to allow a registered nurse to pronounce a death in a hospital setting when the nurse has an agreement with an attending physician who will sign the death certificate. Sponsors said the measure aligns hospital practice with existing hospice procedures and removes the statutory requirement…
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