The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- 35 Pa.C.S. § 7301(f); Professional Nursing Law; Practical Nurse Law
- Issued
- 2020-03-20 Mar. 20, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-20
- End
- Continued by Act 21 of 2021; Department of State announced expirations Aug. 17, Sept. 15 and Sept. 30, 2021 for the tranches (verified_secondary, PA-117 note) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Mar. 20, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersOther
- Addressees
- registered and practical nurses; nursing graduates; out-of-State nurses; nursing employers
- Functions reached
- HR credentialing and staffing of hospitals, nursing facilities, home care and practices
- Collection
- Pennsylvania PA
Operative words
In order to increase the number of health care practitioners available to respond to the COVID-19 emergency and to ensure continuity of patient care and services, Governor Wolf has granted the Department of State's request to suspend some nursing licensing and regulatory requirements under the State Board of Nursing.... To allow nurses with temporary practice permits and nursing school graduates with graduate permits to continue practicing during the COVID-19 pandemic disaster emergency, the Department requested suspension of certain requirements to allow all temporary permits to be extended and all fees associated with said extensions waived: Requirements which restrict temporary practice permits and graduate permits to a term of one year is suspended.
Enforcement