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Board of Nursing seeks fee increases after multi-year deficits, committee advances changes
Summary
The Board of Nursing told the Government Operations Committee that reinstated and increased fees are intended to restore the board’s operating position after policy changes that reduced initial licensure fees and years of rising costs.
The Government Operations Committee advanced rule changes on Aug. 20 that reinstate and increase several Board of Nursing fees, a move department officials said is necessary to make the board self-sufficient after several years of unusual fiscal practice and subsequent deficits.
The department’s presentation said the Board of Nursing had previously reduced initial licensure fees to zero for about six years, which, combined with rising operating costs, left the board with a diminished reserve trajectory that required corrective action. Mark Waters, general counsel for the…
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