National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice

42 U.S. Code § 297t. National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice

(a) Establishment
The Secretary shall establish an advisory council to be known as the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice (in this section referred to as the “Advisory Council”).
(b) Composition
(1) In generalThe Advisory Council shall be composed of—
(A) not less than 21, nor more than 23 individuals, who are not officers or employees of the Federal Government, appointed by the Secretary without regard to the Federal civil service laws, of which—
(i)
2 shall be selected from full-time students enrolled in schools of nursing;
(ii)
2 shall be selected from the general public;
(iii)
2 shall be selected from practicing professional nurses; and
(iv)
9 shall be selected from among the leading authorities in the various fields of nursing, higher, secondary education, and associate degree schools of nursing, and from representatives of advanced education nursing groups (such as nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, nurse anesthetists, and clinical nurse specialists), hospitals, and other institutions and organizations which provide nursing services; and
(B)
the Secretary (or the delegate of the Secretary (who shall be an ex officio member and shall serve as the Chairperson)).
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