HB 2107

W hen the board of nursing considers whether to deny an application for a license, registration, certification, or other authorization by the board of nursing to engage in the practice of professional nursing or another profession ("license"") to an applicant or whether to refuse to renew a license, this bill provides that there is a rebuttable presumption that the board must deny the application or refuse to renew the license if all of the following criteria is met:  The applicant or licensee has been convicted in the last five years of driving under the influence, vehicular assault, aggravated vehicular assault, vehicular homicide, aggravated vehicular homicide, or an offense committed in another state that would constitute any of the se offenses .  There was evidence involving an offense as described above that the alcohol concentration in the person's blood or breath was at least twice the limit .  There was evidence that an injury occurred to another person during the commission of an offense as described above. WRITTEN FINDINGS If the board approves a license application or renews a license for an applicant that meets the above criteria, then this bill requires the board to make written findings as to why the board approved or renewed the license. RULEMAKING This bill authorizes the board of nursing to promulgate rules to effectuate this bill ."