38-708 Certified registered nurse anesthetist; temporary license; permit. - Nebraska Statutes

38-708. Certified registered nurse anesthetist; temporary license; permit.The department may, with the approval of the board, grant a temporary license in the practice of anesthesia for up to one hundred twenty days upon application (1) to graduates of an accredited school of nurse anesthesia pending results of the first certifying examination following graduation and (2) to registered nurse anesthetists currently licensed in another state pending completion of the application for a Nebraska license. A temporary license issued pursuant to this section may be extended at the discretion of the board with the approval of the department. An individual holding a temporary permit as a registered nurse anesthetist on July 1, 2007, shall be deemed to be holding a temporary license under this section on such date. The permitholder may continue to practice under such temporary permit as a temporary license until it would have expired under its terms. SourceLaws 1981, LB 379, § 28; Laws 1984, LB 724, § 30; Laws 1992, LB 1019, § 75; Laws 1996, LB 414, § 45; Laws 1999, LB 828, § 156; Laws 2005, LB 256, § 79; R.S.Supp.,2006, § 71-1731; Laws 2007, LB185, § 16; Laws 2007, LB463, § 238.