Residential Service Agencies - Private Duty Nursing - On-Site Nurse Training Programs

HB 1284 allows residential service agencies providing private duty nursing to hire licensed nurses who lack full clinical experience requirements, under specific conditions. Agencies must provide approved on-site training programs, ensure clinical supervision by a qualified registered nurse, and conduct documented competency evaluations for these nurses. The bill requires agencies to maintain records of training completion and annual or disciplinary competency assessments. This directly affects private duty nursing agencies and nurses who may not meet standard clinical experience thresholds, while maintaining existing licensing and scope-of-practice standards.