JOINT COMMITTEE ON NURSING AND
INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES
44.1
The State and PEF shall establish a Joint Committee on Nursing and
Institutional Issues to study and make recommendations on matters of mutual
interest with regard to problems and issues facing nursing and other
professional employees in institutional settings.
44.2
The Joint Committee on Nursing and Institutional Issues shall consist of three
designees of the Director of the Governor's Office of Employee Relations and
three designees of the President of PEF. The committee shall meet at least
quarterly. The committee shall establish by agreement such operating procedures
as it deems necessary to conduct its activities. In the case of a failure of
the committee to reach agreement on any matter, such matter shall be referred
to the Professional Development and Quality of Working Life Coordinating
Committee for resolution.
44.3
The Joint Committee on Nursing and Institutional Issues shall use such funds as
are made available to it by the Professional Development and Quality of Working
Life Coordinating Committee to undertake such activities as it mutually agrees
to.