Report Title:
Advanced Practice Registered Nurses; Prescriptive Authority
Description:
Places regulation over prescriptive authority of advanced practice registered nurses in board of nursing instead of DCCA; places formulary designation with board of nursing instead of board of medical examiners; deletes outdated language regarding interim 1994 report on drug formularies.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
238 |
TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to nurses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 457-8.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§457-8.6[]] Prescriptive authority for advanced practice registered nurses. The [department of commerce and consumer affairs] board shall grant prescriptive authority to advanced practice registered nurses[; provided that], and the board [of medical examiners] shall designate the applicable formularies[; provided further that the board of medical examiners shall submit an interim report on the establishment of the formularies by December 31, 1994]."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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