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GA HB1342
Bill
Status
Introduced
3/10/2010
Primary Sponsor
Kevin Levitas
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AI Summary
- Expands prescriptive authority for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) by removing the exclusion of Schedule II controlled substances, allowing them to prescribe these drugs under a nurse protocol agreement with a physician
- Removes the restriction limiting APRN authority to "life-threatening situations," broadening the circumstances under which they may practice under a protocol agreement
- Authorizes both APRNs and physician assistants to sign, certify, and endorse all health care-related documents within their scope of practice, including workers' compensation forms, physical examination forms, death certificates, and state agency verification forms
- Requires health insurance carriers to record the names of APRNs and physician assistants providing patient care in the same manner they record treating physicians' names, while still permitting carriers to also record the delegating physician's name
- Grants physician assistants the authority to prescribe Schedule II controlled substances (previously limited to Schedules III–V), with an effective date of July 1, 2010
Legislative Description
Advanced practice registered nurses; protocol agreement with physician; amend provisions
Last Action
House Second Readers
3/11/2010
Committee Referrals
Health and Human Services3/10/2010
Full Bill Text
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