Delaware Code Title 24. Professions and Occupations § 1934. Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Committee

(a) The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Committee's (“Committee”) purpose is to:

(b) The Committee shall have 9 members, appointed by the Board of Nursing, and consist of the following: 9 advanced practice registered nurses, including 2 certified nurse practitioners, 2 certified registered nurse anesthetists, 2 certified nurse midwives, 2 clinical nurse the specialists, and 1 at-large member from any of the 4 APRN roles.  The Committee Chair must be 1 of the APRN members of the Board of Nursing and shall serve a term of 1 year.  Subsequent terms may be served as long as the Chair remains a member of the Board of Nursing.

(c) Appointments shall be for 3-year terms, provided that the terms of newly-appointed members will be staggered so that no more than 5 appointments shall expire annually.  Members may be appointed for less than 3 years to ensure that members' terms expire on a staggered basis.

(d) A majority of members appointed to the Committee shall constitute a quorum to conduct official business.

(e) A Committee member may be removed at any time for gross inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance in office.  A member who is absent from 3 consecutive committee meetings without good cause or who attends less than 50% of committee meetings in a calendar year shall be deemed in neglect of duty.

(f) The Committee shall: