Legislature writes nurse-to-patient ratios into law, adds penalty clause
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Legislature writes nurse-to-patient ratios into law, adds penalty clause
Taipei, May 8 (CNA) The Legislature on Friday mandated nurse-to-patient ratios in law, responding to long-standing calls to ease nurses' workloads, and stipulated that hospitals violating the regulation could be made to suspend operations for up to one year.
On the eve of International Nurses Day on May 12, the Legislative Yuan passed the amendment to certain articles of the Medical Care Act on the 8th, confirming that the "three-shift nurse-to-patient ratio," a matter of concern to nurses nationwide, is included in the law. The amendment stipulates that violators will be punished and given a period of time to make improvements. Those who fail to make improvements will be punished consecutively. If …
On the eve of International Nurses Day on May 12, the three-shift nurse-to-patient ratio, a matter of great concern to nurses nationwide, has been confirmed to be enshrined in law. The Legislative Yuan today passed the third reading of amendments to certain articles of the Medical Care Act. In addition to enshrining the three-shift nurse-to-patient ratio in law, violators will be punished according to regulations and given a deadline to rectify …
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