Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 2650 amends the Occupations Code to require the Board of Nurse Examiners to recognize, prepare, or administer a hepatitis C training component for use in the continuing education required of registered nurses for license renewal. The bill specifies that the training component must provide information relating to the prevention, assessment, and treatment of hepatitis C. It requires a license holder, as part of the continuing education requirements, to participate in not less than two hours of education relating to hepatitis C. This provision expires June 1, 2004.