New Jersey § 45:11-26

§ 45:11-26.

The New Jersey Board of Nursing, in collaboration with the organ procurement organizations

designated pursuant to 42 U.S.C. s.1320b-8 to serve in the State of New Jersey, shall prescribe by regulation the following

requirements for professional nurse training: a. The curriculum in each educational program of professional nursing in this State

shall include instruction in organ and tissue donation and recovery designed to address

clinical aspects of the donation and recovery process and the rights of living organ donors as set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection

a. of section 6 of P.L.2003, c. 207 ( C.17B:27E-6 ) and subsection i. of N.J.S.17B:30-12 . b. Completion of organ and tissue donation and recovery instruction as provided in

subsection a. of this section shall be required as a condition of receiving a degree

or diploma, as applicable, in professional nursing from a nursing program in this

State. c. A nursing program which includes instruction in organ and tissue donation and recovery

as provided in subsection a. of this section in its curricula shall offer such training

for continuing education credit. d. (1) A licensed professional nurse licensed to practice nursing in this State prior

to the effective date of this act, who was not required to receive and did not receive

instruction in organ and tissue donation and recovery as part of his nursing program

curriculum, shall be required, as a condition of relicensure, to document completion

of such training to the satisfaction of the board no later than three years after

the effective date of this act. 1 The training may be completed through an on-line, one credit hour course developed

by or for the organ procurement organizations and approved by the board. (2) The board may waive the requirement in this subsection if an applicant for relicensure

demonstrates to the satisfaction of the board that the applicant has attained the

substantial equivalent of this requirement through completion of a similar course

in his post-secondary education which meets criteria established by regulation of

the board. 1

L.2008, c. 48, eff. July 22, 2008.