DOL Issues Final Rule on Attestations For Hiring Foreign Nurses in H-1C Program

The Labor Department’s Employment and Training Administration and Wage and Hour Division are issuing a final rule covering the employment of H-1C foreign registered nurses in areas with a shortage of health care professionals, according to a notice scheduled for publication in the March 5 Federal Register.

The rule, which will take effect 30 days after publication, will implement the Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Reauthorization Act, which was enacted in 2006. That statute allows health care facilities located in areas with a shortage of health professionals to hire foreign registered nurses for up to three years.

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