REPORT TITLE:
Prescrip. Auth.; Adv. Prac. RN


DESCRIPTION:
Deletes restrictions on granting advanced practice registered
nurses prescriptive authority; adds to authority, prescriptions
for controlled substances in schedules II to V.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           498
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCED PRACTICE
   REGISTERED NURSES.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 457-8.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended to read as follows:
 
 3      "[[]§457-8.6[]]  Prescriptive authority for advanced
 
 4 practice registered nurses.  The department of commerce and
 
 5 consumer affairs shall grant prescriptive authority, including
 
 6 for controlled substances in schedules II to V under chapter 329,
 
 7 to advanced practice registered nurses[; provided that the board
 
 8 of medical examiners shall designate the applicable formularies;
 
 9 provided further that the board of medical examiners shall submit
 
10 an interim report on the establishment of the formularies by
 
11 December 31, 1994]."
 
12      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
13 New statutory material is underscored.
 
14      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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16                              INTRODUCED BY:______________________