Report Title:
Prescriptive Authority for Nurses
Description:
Clarifies the law authorizing prescriptive authority to qualified advanced practice registered nurses.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
1118 |
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TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005 |
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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 by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(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] The appropriate 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. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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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