1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health occupations; requiring the Board of Nursing to issue licenses by 
1.3 	endorsement for out-of-state nurses employed to render aid in Minnesota during 
1.4 	the COVID-19 peacetime emergency;amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 
1.5 	148.211, subdivision 2.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 148.211, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 2.Licensure by endorsement. (a) The board shall issue a license to practice 
1.9 	professional nursing or practical nursing without examination to an applicant who has been 
1.10 	duly licensed or registered as a nurse under the laws of another state, territory, or country, 
1.11 	if in the opinion of the board the applicant has the qualifications equivalent to the 
1.12 	qualifications required in this state as stated in subdivision 1, all other laws not inconsistent 
1.13 	with this section, and rules promulgated by the board.
1.14 	(b) The board shall issue a license to practice professional nursing or practical nursing 
1.15 	without examination to an applicant who is duly licensed or registered as a nurse under the 
1.16 	laws of another state, territory, or country, who was employed to render aid in Minnesota 
1.17 	during the peacetime emergency under Executive Order 20-46.

1.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective when the peacetime emergency declared 
1.19 	by the governor in response to the COVID-19 outbreak expires, is terminated, or is rescinded 
1.20 	by the proper authority.