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Amended bill would let nursing students who complete fundamentals sit for LNA exam; OPLC asks wording and timing fixes
Summary
An amended bill would allow students who complete a board‑approved fundamentals/first‑year nursing curriculum to sit for the Licensed Nursing Assistant exam and work while finishing their education; OPLC asked the committee to fix sentence punctuation and consider an earlier effective date so students can reach upcoming exams.
Senate Bill 93, as amended, would put into statute an existing practice: students who have completed the fundamentals of nursing curriculum in a board‑approved program (generally a first‑year designation) would be eligible to sit for the Licensed Nursing Assistant (LNA) exam and work while they continue toward their nursing education.
Grant Bossi, deputy chief of staff for the Senate, introduced the amendment on behalf of a sponsor and explained the change would "ease the path for nursing students to enter the workforce and address New Hampshire's long standing nursing…
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