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Governor Branstad signs legislation for the Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner into law.

Senate File 149:  An act allowing the Department of Transportation to accept reports from advanced registered nurse practitioners and physician assistants disclosing a physical or mental condition that renders a person incompetent to operate a motor vehicle.
Signed by Governor Branstad on March 30, 2011, effective July 1, 2011.

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House File 393: An act allowing a physician assistant or an advanced registered nurse practitioner to sign a death certificate.
Signed by Governor Branstad on April 6, 2011, effective July 1, 2011.

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