HB 6167 Summary

• Allows nurse practitioners (registered professional nurses with specialty certification) to prescribe controlled substances in schedules 2-5 independently without physician delegation when practicing in their nurse practitioner specialty field.

• Enables nurse practitioners to order, receive, and dispense complimentary starter dose controlled substances without physician delegation, using only their own name and DEA registration number.

• Requires nurse practitioners to hold a graduate-level nursing education degree and national certification, with completion of graduate-level courses in pharmacology, pathophysiology, and physical assessment.

• Permits the Michigan board of nursing to issue controlled substances licenses to registered professional nurses with nurse practitioner certification under specified conditions.

• Clarifies that advanced practice registered nurses in other specialty fields (nurse midwife, clinical nurse specialist, nurse anesthetist) continue to operate under existing delegation requirements when prescribing controlled substances.