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PA SB25
Bill
Status
1/22/2025
Primary Sponsor
Camera Bartolotta
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AI Summary
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Creates a new "Advanced Practice Registered Nurse-Certified Nurse Practitioner" (APRN-CNP) license to replace the current "Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner" certification, with six population focus areas including family/lifespan, adult gerontology, neonatal, pediatrics, women's health, and psychiatric/mental health
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Grants APRN-CNPs full independent practice authority after completing 3 years and 3,600 hours of collaborative practice with a physician, eliminating the ongoing requirement for physician collaboration agreements
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Authorizes independent APRN-CNPs to practice as licensed independent practitioners, be recognized as primary care providers under managed care plans, prescribe medications including controlled substances, and order methadone treatment without physician oversight
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Eliminates the Drug Review Committee that previously controlled which drug categories nurse practitioners could prescribe, instead allowing APRN-CNPs to prescribe all proprietary and nonproprietary drugs subject only to Board regulations and federal law
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Transfers all regulatory authority over APRN-CNPs solely to the State Board of Nursing, removing joint oversight previously shared with the State Board of Medicine, with the act taking effect 60 days after enactment
Legislative Description
Further providing for title, for definitions, for State Board of Nursing, for dietitian-nutritionist l icense required, for unauthorized practices and acts not prohibited, for temporary practice permit, for graduates of schools of other states, territories or Dominion of Canada, for persons entitled to practice, for certified registered nurse practitioners and qualifications, for scope of practice for certified registered nurse practitioners, for prescriptive authority for certified registered nurse practitioners, for Drug Review Committee, for professional liability, for reporting of multiple licensure, for continuing nursing education, for punishment for violations, for refusal, suspension or revocation of licenses, for reinstatement of license and for injunction or other process; and providing for the expiration of the State Board of Nursing's power to license certified registered nurse practitioners.
Last Action
Referred to Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure
1/22/2025