§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.

     (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;

     (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.  The appropriate working relationship with licensed physicians shall be reflected in rules adopted by the board in accordance with chapter 91.

     The board shall establish nursing requirements for education, experience, and national certification pursuant to rules adopted in accordance with chapter 91. [L 1994, c 278, §1; am L 2002, c 192, §§1, 5; am L 2003, c 3, §27; am L 2004, c 88, §§5, 8 and c 150, §§1, 2; am L 2005, c 30, §1]