Advance Practice Advance Practice Nurses Score a Major Victory as SB 386 passes the Georgia State Senate
Posted about 12 years ago by Laura Searcy
Advance Practice Nurses Score a Major Victory as SB 386 Passes the Georgia State Senate
Thank you to all called and wrote your Senators, sent in examples of effects on patient care and in any way participated in this effort. Our bill to remove the “life threatening situation” restriction from APRN ordering of MRI, CT and Nuclear Medicine scans passed despite opposition from organized medicine. I have spoken to a number of Senators who voted for the bill who said that communication from the nurses in their districts at home was the deciding factor in their vote. SB 386 now “crosses over” to the Georgia House of Representatives, and the process from committee assignment to a floor vote starts all over. As there are fewer legislative days until the end of this year’s session, everyone’s help will be needed again. So…CELEBRATE today. And stay tuned because your efforts and all of support you can rally in your communities will be needed for ultimate success in getting this bill passed and signed by the Governor.
Please thank the Senators who supported us with their “Yea” vote