Section 61-3-10.5 - Nursing excellence program; license renewal surcharge.
61-3-10.5. Nursing excellence program; license renewal surcharge.
A. The board may establish a "nursing excellence program" that provides strategies to enhance recruitment and retention of professional nurses, increase career and educational opportunities and improve interaction with health facilities administrations, the medical profession and institutions of higher education.
B. The board may impose a license renewal surcharge for each nursing license renewed in an amount not to exceed twenty dollars ($20.00) to implement and maintain the nursing excellence program. The license renewal surcharge shall be deposited in the nursing excellence fund.