Report Title:

Prescriptive Authority for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses; Advisory Committee

Description:

Establishes an advisory committee to advise the board of nursing on issues relating to the formulary composed of three persons licensed as advanced practice registered nurses with prescriptive authority under chapter 457, three persons licensed as physicians under chapter 453, and three persons licensed as pharmacists under chapter 461.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

3085

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

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 board shall grant prescriptive authority to qualified advanced practice registered nurses and shall designate the requirements for advanced nursing practice related to prescriptive authority. The board of medical examiners shall submit an annual report of the formularies to the board of nursing. The board shall establish an advisory committee to advise the board on issues relating to the formulary. The advisory committee shall be composed of:

(1) Three persons licensed as advanced practice nurses with prescriptive authority under chapter 457;

(2) Three persons licensed as physicians under chapter 453; and

(3) Three persons licensed as pharmacists under chapter 461."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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