July 2023 – Montana Administrative Register (MAR) 24-159-93
Video Explanation from Vicky Byrd, CEO of MNA
Proposed Rule Change Information
Daily Montanan article on proposed BON CE Repeal
Press release BON-DLI CE repeal – 7/10/2023
MNA position publication regarding MAR 24-159-93 – 07/07/2023
Referenced 2018 MNA Proposal to BON
Rule Notice published by the Montana Board of Nursing (Source: MT BON Website)
*Sample Comments/Talking Points for Submission to the MT Board of Nursing*
As a professional nurse:
✓ I do not support elimination of continuing education requirements for all nurses.
✓ I do not support elimination of pharmacology continuing education for APRNs.
✓ I do not support the MT Board of Nursing (MT BON)/MT Department of Labor (DOL) statement that lessening continuing education requirements will ensure competent practice and maintain public protection.
✓ I do not support the BON/DOL statement that continuing education poses “unnecessarily burdensome regulations”, it is not a burden but rather a professional responsibility and per ANA Code of Ethics, to ensure competent practice.
✓ I do support expansion of rules to allow a variety of options to demonstrate evidence of maintaining competence.
✓ I do support the MT BON to regulate and validate nurses are continuing to practice safely and one mechanism to do this must be through continuing education and professional development.
✓ I do support expanding these rules to provide a variety of opportunities for nurses to demonstrate evidence of maintaining competence thereby providing the BON with evidence to fulfill their obligation to protect the public.