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Board told statutory fix needed before nursing regulation updates; proposal would restore commissioner role in school approvals
Summary
DPH told the board that a statutory change is needed to restore the commissioner’s role in school‑approval decisions; the change must move through the governor’s package and the legislature, likely delaying regulatory updates until the statutory language is resolved.
The Department of Public Health told the Connecticut Board of Nursing that a statutory revision is required before the board can submit a package of updated nursing regulations.
DPH attorney Ryan Burns said the department identified a gap created by a prior statutory change that removed commissioner involvement in school approvals. Burns said DPH staff believe some commissioner authority is still legally necessary and the department plans to seek a legislative fix before filing the regulations. “Back a few years ago, there was a change in the statutes that removed the commissioner from the school approval process…we identified an issue with the statutes that needs to be corrected,” Burns said.
Why it matters: Board members have spent months drafting modernizations to the nursing…
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