Chapter
124
2008 -- H 7961 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 07/01/08
A N A C T
RELATING TO
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - NURSES
Introduced By: Representatives Handy, Pacheco, Dennigan, Ajello, and Williams
Date Introduced: February 26, 2008
It is
enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Section 5-34-39 of the General Laws in Chapter 5-34 entitled
"Nurses" is
hereby
amended to read as follows:
5-34-39.
Process for prescriptive privileges of certified registered nurse practitioner.
-- (a) Prescriptive privileges for the certified
registered nurse practitioner:
(1) Shall be granted under the governance and supervision of the department,
board of
nurse
registration and nurse education; and
(2) Shall include prescription of legend medications and prescription of
controlled
substances
from schedules II, III, IV and V that are established in regulation; and
(3) Must not include controlled substances from Schedule I.
(b) A certified registered nurse practitioner (R.N.P.) as stated in section
5-34-3 is
permitted
to prescribe in accordance with annually updated guidelines, written in
collaboration
with
the medical director or physician consultant of their individual establishments.
(c) (b) To qualify for prescriptive privileges an applicant must
submit on forms provided
by the
board of nurse registration and nursing education, verified by oath, that the
applicant has
evidence
of completion of thirty (30) hours of education in pharmacology within the
three (3)
year
period immediately prior to date of application. To maintain prescriptive
privileges the
certified
registered nurse practitioner (R.N.P.) must submit upon request of the board of
nurse
registration
and nursing education evidence of thirty (30) hours continuing education in
pharmacology
every six (6) years.
SECTION
2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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