MO SB415

Requires collaborating physicians to be available personally or electronically for consultation when an advanced practice registered nurse diagnoses or initiates treatment for acutely or chronically ill or injured patients

Mandates that advanced practice registered nurses provide written or electronic reports of patient encounters to the patient's primary healthcare provider within 14 days

Requires patients without a primary healthcare provider to receive a list of primary care physicians in the area accepting new patients

Requires collaborating physicians to review charts for all patients seen by an advanced practice registered nurse for chronic illness

Removes the fixed one-month supervised practice requirement, allowing collaborating physicians sole discretion to determine the appropriate length of time an advanced practice registered nurse must practice with the physician present before practicing independently