Nursing Emergency Relief Act of 1988 - Provides for the adjustment to permanent resident status of alien nurses who: (1) have completed five years of nursing service in the United States; (2) have not been disciplined or found liable for any professional negligence; (3) have resided continuously in the United States during such period; (4) are competent in English; and (5) are not otherwise excludable. Limits such program to a period of five years from the date of enactment of this Act.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study of the status of the nursing profession and report to the Congress.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
See H.R.5329.
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