Nursing Pool Licensure Rules
These two rules for Nursing Pool Licensure are proposed for amendment in response to the N.C. Medical Care Commission’s granting of a petition submitted for rulemaking. Nursing Pools are agencies licensed and operated that engage for hire in the business for providing or procuring temporary employment in healthcare facilities for nursing personnel, including nurses, nursing assistants, nurses aides, and orderlies. Health care facilities have been increasingly relying on nursing pool agencies to provide adequate staff to residents and patients. The result has been a lack of continuity of staff when caring for residents and patients in the health care facilities as well as dissatisfaction from the contracting health care facilities with their experience with some nursing pool agencies. These rules are proposed for amendment to improve the quality of care for residents in North Carolina’s health care facilities. The proposed rules clarify the types of administrative records the nursing pool shall keep and specify the records retention time period. The proposed rules clarify the requirements on the job application and for the annual performance evaluation as well as specify the time period for retention of personnel records by the nursing pool. In addition, technical changes were made in the rules.
- Notification of proposed amendment of rules
- Proposed Effective Date: April 1, 2024
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Public Comment Period: September 15, 2023 – November 14, 2023
Comments may be submitted by:- Email: [email protected]
- Mail: Nadine Pfeiffer, Division of Health Service Regulation, 809 Ruggles Drive,
2701 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-2701
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Public Hearing:
- Date: November 9, 2023
- Time: 11:00 a.m.
- Location: Dorothea Dix Park, Brown Building, Room 104, 801 Biggs Drive, Raleigh, NC 27603
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The fiscal note was approved by:
- OSBM on June 13, 2023
- N.C. Medical Care Commission on August 11, 2023
- Rule Fiscal Note
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Federal Certification required by GS 150B-19.1(g)
- Not applicable for these rules
- The notice of text as approved by the N.C. Medical Care Commission on August 11, 2023:
- Public Comments
- These rules were approved by the Rules Review Commission on March 27, 2024:
- The effective date for these rules is April 1, 2024
- Procedure for subjecting a proposed rule to Legislative Review: If an objection is not resolved prior to the adoption of the rule, a person may also submit written objections to the Rules Review Commission. If the Rules Review Commission receives written and signed objections in accordance with G.S. 150B-21.3(b2) from 10 or more persons clearly requesting review by the legislature and the Rules Review Commission approves the rule, the rule will become effective as provided in G.S. 150B-21.3(b1) . The Commission will receive written objections until 5:00 p.m. on the day following the day the Commission approves the rule. The Commission will receive those objections by mail, delivery service, hand delivery, or facsimile transmission.