violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction be fined for each offense in the sum of not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars. SEC. 2. publication. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and WYOMING AN ACT TO PROVIDE AND REGULATE THE EXAMINATION AND REGISTRATION OF NURSES AND THE PRACTICE OF NURSING Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming: EXAMINER. SECTION 1. Upon the taking effect of this Act, the Wyoming State Nurses' Association shall nominate for examiners five of their members, who shall have had not less than three years' experience in their profession, as candidates, and at each annual meeting thereafter shall nominate two other candidates. The Governor shall appoint a Board of three examiners from such list. When the first appointment is made, one member of said Board shall be appointed for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, and thereafter all appointments shall be made for a term of three years, except an appointment for an unexpired term, which shall be made for only such unexpired term. All vacancies in said Board, caused by death, resignation, or otherwise, shall be filled by the Governor, in the same manner as an original appointment and for the time herein mentioned. MEET AND ORGANIZE. SEC. 2. The members of the said Board of Examiners shall meet and organize as soon as practicable after their appointment, by taking an oath faithfully to discharge the duties of their office, which oath shall be filed with the Secretary of State, and by the election of a president, vice-president, and secretary. Said Board of Examiners may, from time to time, adopt such rules and regulations as shall be deemed necessary in the performance of their duties, consistent with the requirements of this Act. It may adopt a seal, and the secretary shall have the care and custody thereof. The secretary shall keep a record of all the proceedings of the Board of Examiners, including a register of the names and addresses of all nurses duly registered under this Act, which shall be open at all times to public inspection. The Board shall cause the prosecution of any person violating this Act, and may incur necessary expenses in that behalf. Each member of the Board shall receive a compensation of five ($5.00) dollars per day or for each fraction of a day in which each member is actually engaged in the attendance upon the meetings of the Board, and in going to and coming from the place of meeting, and all the legitimate and necessary expenses incurred in attending such meetings; all such compensation and expenses to be paid out of the "Nurses' Fund," by warrants drawn by the State Auditor upon there being filed with the State Auditor a certificate to be signed by the president, or vice-president, and secretary of the Board, with the seal of the Board attached, showing the amount itemized to which each member is entitled. FEES. SEC. 3. The fees received by the Board of Examiners herein specified, from examination or otherwise, shall be paid to the State Treasurer, and shall be kept in a fund known as the "Nurses' Fund," and shall be subject at all times to the warrant of the State Auditor drawn upon written requisition of the president or vice-president and attested by the secretary of said Board of Examiners, with seal attached, for the payment of any expenses made by said Board. The secretary shall make, on or before January 1st of each year, a report to the Governor of the State, containing a true and correct account of all moneys received and ordered disbursed by the Board. Any expense incurred in making said report and any other necessary expenses of the said Board shall be paid out of the said fund. QUORUM. SEC. 4. Two members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. Special meetings of the Board shall be called by the secretary upon written request of any other member. The Board shall from time to time adopt rules for the examination of applicants for registration in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and shall from time to time adopt rules by which to establish a uniform and reasonable standard of instruction and training to be observed by training-schools, and shall determine the reputability of such schools by reference to their compliance with such rules, and in like manner may from time to time amend, modify, and repeal such rules. The Board shall immediately upon the election of an officer file with the Secretary of State a certificate thereof, giving the name and address of such officer, and immediately, upon the adoption of any rule, shall file with the Secretary of State a certificate thereof, setting out therein a copy of such rule, or in case of the repeal of a rule setting out fully such fact, and shall immediately publish such certificate in at least one journal devoted to the interests of professional nursing and mail a copy of such certificate to every applicant at the address appearing upon the records of the Board and to every reputable training-school in the State of Wyoming. DUTY OF Board. SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the Board to meet for the purpose of holding examinations once in every year. Notice of such meetings shall be given to the public press and to at least one journal devoted to the interests of professional nursing and by mail to every applicant, and to every reputable training-school in Wyoming at least thirty days prior to the meeting. At such meetings it shall be the duty of the Board to examine all such applicants for registration under this Act as are required to be examined, and to issue to each duly qualified applicant who shall have complied with the pertinent provisions of this Act the certificate provided for in this Act. Any person to whom a certificate of registration shall be issued shall within ninety (90) days thereafter cause the same to be recorded with the County Clerk of the county in which such person resided at the time of application. Such person shall be prepared whenever requested to exhibit such certificate of registration or a certified copy thereof. AGE. SEC. 6. Every applicant for registration shall be at least twenty-one (21) years old, of good moral character, and shall possess such further qualifications as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board by rule: provided, that no such rule shall be inconsistent with the provisions of this Act relating to those who shall make application prior to July 1, 1910. Every applicant shall make such proof of the necessary qualifications as shall satisfy the Board thereof. Every application shall be made in writing in the true name of the applicant, in such form as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board, and shall state the place of residence of and be signed by the applicant. The fee for acting on an application shall be ten ($10.00) dollars and shall accompany the application, but every subsequent application of the same person shall be acted on without fee. ENTITLED TO REGISTRATION. SEC. 7. Upon compliance with the pertinent provisions of this Act, nurses otherwise qualified shall be entitled to registration as follows: First, without examination, provided they make application prior to July 1, 1910; (a) nurses who shall have graduated before said date from a training-school which is connected with a general hospital and which shall be registered by the Examining Board, provided, such nurses so applying shall have received a course of at least two years' training in such training-schools, and provided further, That no training-school shall be registered by said Examining Board unless such school maintains proper educational standards, and unless it gives not less than two years' training in a general hospital, or its equivalent; (b) nurses who shall have graduated on or prior to January 1, 1897, from a reputable training-school connected with a general hospital, who at the time of graduation shall have received a course of one year's training in such trainingschool, and who at the time of application shall have been engaged in nursing five years since their graduation; (c) nurses now in training in a training-school, registered hereafter by the Examining Board and connected with a general hospital, which now gives a course of at least two years' training; provided, the applicants graduate therefrom. Second, nurses who shall make application on or after July 1, 1910, and who at the time of application shall have graduated from a trainingschool, connected with a general hospital, registered by said Examining Board and requiring a systematic course of at least two years' training; provided, such applicants shall pass an examination to be prescribed by said Board, to determine their fitness and ability to give efficient care to the sick. Third, nurses who shall make application on or after July 1, 1910, and who at the time of application shall have graduated from a reputable training-school connected with a special hospital, requiring a systematic course of at least two years' training, and who at the time of application shall have obtained in a reputable general hospital one (1) year's additional training in subjects not adequately taught in the training-school from which they graduated, and shall pass an examination to determine their fitness and ability to give efficient care to the sick. UNLAWFUL. SEC. 8. It shall be unlawful hereafter for any person to practice or attempt to practice in this State as a graduate, trained, or registered nurse without a certificate from the Board. Any person who has received such a certificate shall be styled and known as a Registered Nurse, and shall be entitled to append the letters "R. N." to the name of such person. No other persons shall assume or use such title or the abbreviation "R. N." or any other words, letters, or figures to indicate that such person is a Registered, Trained, or Graduate Nurse. NOT CONSTRUED. SEC. 9. This Act shall not be construed to affect or apply to the gratuitous nursing of the sick by friends or members of the family, nor to any person nursing the sick for hire who does not in any way assume or pretend to be a registered or graduate nurse, and this Act shall not be construed to interfere in any way with members of religious communities or orders which have charge of hospitals or take care of the sick in their own homes; provided, such members do not in any way assume to be Registered Nurses. UPON PAYMENT. SEC. 10. The Board, upon written application and upon the payment of ten ($10.00) dollars as a registration fee, may issue a certificate without examination to those who shall have been registered as registered nurses under the law of another State having requirements equivalent to those of Wyoming. MISDEMEANOR. SEC. 11. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction be fined for each offense, in a sum not less than ten ($10.00) dollars nor more than two hundred ($200.00) dollars for the first offense, and not less than one hundred ($100.00) dollars nor more than five hundred ($500.00) dollars for each subsequent offense. Any person who shall wilfully make any false representation to the Board in applying for a license shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in a sum not less than one hundred ($100.00) dollars nor more than two hundred ($200.00) dollars. ATTESTED BY. MAY REVOKE. SEC. 13. The Board may revoke any certificate by a unanimous vote for dishonesty, gross incompetency, a habit rendering a nurse unsafe to be entrusted with or unfit for the care of the sick, conduct derogatory to the morals or standing of the profession of nursing, or any wilful fraud or misrepresentation practised in procuring such certificate; Provided, the holder of such certificate shall have been given at least thirty (30) days' notice in writing of the specific charges against such holder, and of the time and place of hearing the charge by the Board, at which time and place the holder shall be entitled to be heard and to be represented by counsel. Upon the revocation of any certificate the same shall be null and void; the holder thereof shall cease to be entitled to any of the privileges conferred by such certificate, and it shall be the duty of the secretary of the Board to strike the name of the holder thereof from the roll of registered nurses, and to give notice of such revocation to the county clerk in whose office such certificate is recorded, and thereupon such county clerk shall note the fact of such revocation upon the record of such certificate. NO AUTHORITY. SEC. 14. Nothing contained in this Act shall be considered as conferring any authority to practice medicine or undertake the treatment or cure of disease in violation of the laws relating to the practice of medicine of this State. SEC. 15. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. INDEX PAGES ALABAMA... APPOINTIVE POWER OF BOARDS. ARKANSAS.. 3, 17, 36, 52, 54 3-16 BOARD OF NURSE EXAMINERS, STATE-STATE, APPOINTIVE POWER, TERM, EXAMINERS, STATE BOARD OF NURSE-STATE, APPOINTIVE POWER, TERM, |