Report Title:

Prescriptive Authority for APRNs; Advisory Committee

Description:

Removes the June 30, 2004, sunset date of Act 192, SLH 2002, which provides prescriptive authority for advanced practice registered nurses and requires that DCCA establish a Joint Formulary Advisory Committee. (CD1)

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

3085

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

S.D. 2

STATE OF HAWAII

H.D. 2


C.D. 1

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. (a) 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 all amendments made to the formularies to the board of nursing.

(b) The department of commerce and consumer affairs shall establish a joint formulary advisory committee composed of:

(1) Two persons licensed as advanced practice registered nurses and appointed by the board of nursing;

(2) Two persons licensed in medicine by the board of medical examiners and appointed by the board of medical examiners;

(3) Three persons licensed as pharmacists and appointed by the board of pharmacy;

(4) One representative of the John A. Burns school of medicine appointed by the dean of the University of Hawaii school of medicine; and

(5) One representative from a school of nursing with an advanced practice registered nurse program.

The joint formulary advisory committee shall recommend the applicable formulary for persons recognized under this section. The board of medical examiners shall consider the recommendations of the joint formulary advisory committee in adopting the formulary. A collegial working relationship with licensed physicians shall be reflected in rules adopted by the board of nursing in accordance with chapter 91.

The board of nursing shall establish nursing requirements for education, experience, and national certification pursuant to rules adopted in accordance with chapter 91."

SECTION 2. Act 192, Session Laws of Hawaii 2002, as amended by Act 3, section 27, Session Laws of Hawaii 2003, is amended by amending section 5 to read as follows:

"SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2002, [and] provided that sections 2 and 3 shall be repealed on June 30, 2004, except that title 16, chapter 89C, Hawaii administrative rules, shall remain in effect until the board of nursing adopts rules pursuant to section [2 of this Act; and provided that section 457-8.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be reenacted in the form in which it read on the day before the effective date of this Act.] 457-8.6, Hawaii Revised Statues."

SECTION 3. The joint formulary advisory committee shall submit a report to the legislature on its activities and recommendations with respect to the prescriptive authority formulary for advanced practice registered nurses no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the 2005 regular session. The report shall also include a report to the joint formulary advisory committee from the board of medical examiners that clearly justifies its denial of any recommendations made by the committee.

SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on June 29, 2004.