CT SB00036

Advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) must collaborate with a physician for the first three years after licensure, then may practice independently or collaboratively after meeting experience requirements.

APRNs may prescribe controlled substances in schedules II, III, IV, and V, with nurse anesthetists able to prescribe schedule II substances immediately and other APRNs after three years of collaborative practice.

APRNs are authorized to make determinations and pronouncements of death, with attestation and signature on certificates of death required within 24 hours.

APRNs must complete 50 contact hours of continuing education per 24-month renewal period, including at least 5 contact hours in pharmacotherapeutics, with exemptions available for non-active practitioners and medical hardship cases.

Manufacturers of covered drugs, devices, biologicals, and medical supplies must report payments or transfers of value to APRNs to the Commissioner of Public Health quarterly beginning January 1, 2015, with civil penalties of $1,000 to $4,000 per unreported transfer.