The rules for medical personnel and nursing home workers are being eased or suspended in hopes of making it easier for them to attack staffing shortages during a surge of new COVID-19 cases in Kansas.
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Gov. Laura Kelly issued two executive orders Thursday. One allows hospital staff to perform a broader range of duties. The other makes licensing of nursing home workers more flexible so homes can hire people whose licenses have lapsed and fill less-skilled jobs with workers who’ve relatively little or no previous training...
The temporary orders are only in effect for fifteen days, but Kelly hopes lawmakers will fast-track a bill to expand them through the end of March.