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Board supports bill to preserve LVN suctioning in schools as Respiratory Care Board advances rulemaking
Summary
The Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians voted to support SB 389, a measure aimed at protecting school-based licensed vocational nurses' ability to provide basic respiratory services, while staff warned the Respiratory Care Board's separate rulemaking could narrow LVN practice in other settings.
The Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians voted to support Senate Bill 389, which the board says is intended to preserve licensed vocational nurses' ability to deliver basic respiratory care in school settings.
Executive Officer Elaine Yamaguchi told the board the Respiratory Care Board (RCB) has advanced a rulemaking package that could narrow the circumstances in which vocational nurses perform suctioning and other respiratory tasks outside of regulations the RCB is now developing. "The Respiratory Care Board would recommend that vocational nurses not be allowed to do suctioning," Yamaguchi said, describing RCB…
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