Section 36-9-7 - Professional qualifications of registered nurse members of board. - South Dakota Statutes

36-9-7. Professional qualifications of registered nurse members of board. Registered nurse members of the Board of Nursing shall be licensed as registered nurses in this state, shall be graduates from an approved program for the preparation of registered nurses, shall have had at least five years' experience since graduation in the practice of nursing, and shall have been actively engaged in nursing for at least three of the last four years preceding appointment.
Of the six registered nurse members, two shall be from nursing service or practice and two from nursing education. Of the two registered nurse members from nursing service or practice, at least one shall be a certified registered nurse anesthetist, a certified nurse practitioner, a certified nurse midwife, or a clinical nurse specialist.
Of the two members from nursing education, one shall be a faculty member or administrator of a practical school of nursing and one shall be a faculty member or an administrator of a professional school of nursing.
The composition of the registered nurse members of the board shall, as nearly as practicable, reflect the educational backgrounds of registered nurses as a whole in the state; and the members shall possess the expertise necessary to fulfill the statutory responsibilities of the board.

Source: SDC 1939, § 27.0901; SL 1947, ch 123, § 2; SL 1955, ch 91, § 3; SDC Supp 1960, § 27.0903 (2); SL 1967, ch 101, § 3 (2); SL 1976, ch 228, § 8; SL 1981, ch 277, § 1; SL 1994, ch 297, § 1; SL 1995, ch 217, § 3.