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This bill modifies certification requirements for school nurses in New Hampshire by updating language related to professional experience and skills. Specifically, the bill changes the current nursing experience requirement from "pediatric nursing or other related nursing areas" to "acute or chronic care" experience, with a priority on pediatric settings. The bill also broadens the language around skills and competencies for school nurse certification, replacing more restrictive terms with more flexible phrasing such as changing "skills and" to "skills, and/or abilities and/or aptitude" when describing the necessary qualifications. Additionally, the bill slightly modifies the requirement for providing leadership, removing the phrase "in the profession" and instead focusing on leadership "in the professional nursing practice setting". The changes appear designed to provide more flexibility in how nursing experience and skills are defined for school nurse certification. The bill will take effect 60 days after its passage, and according to the fiscal note, it is expected to have a minimal fiscal impact of less than $10,000 annually.

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https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0069&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025&txtbillnumber=HB208