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SB 463 Nurse practitioners; licensed as certified nurse midwives, practicing without patient care team.

Introduced by: Charles W. Carrico, Sr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Nurse practitioners; certified nurse midwives; practicing in consultation with a licensed physician. Requires a nurse practitioner licensed by the Boards of Medicine and Nursing in the category of certified nurse midwife to practice in consultation with a licensed physician and in accordance with a practice agreement with such physician. Under current law, certified nurse midwives are required to practice in collaboration with, in addition to consulting with, a licensed physician. The bill also repeals a pilot program authorizing certain certified nurse practitioners to practice with autonomy.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Nurse practitioners; certified nurse midwives; practicing without a patient care team or practice agreement. Authorizes a nurse practitioner licensed by the Boards of Medicine and Nursing in the category of certified nurse midwife to practice without the requirement for collaboration and consultation with a patient care team physician as part of a patient care team or a written or electronic practice agreement between the licensed nurse practitioner and a licensed physician. Under current law, such practice is authorized only under a Department of Health pilot program. The bill grants prescriptive authority to such nurse practitioners and directs the Boards of Medicine and Nursing to jointly promulgate regulations governing such practice. Finally, the bill repeals the pilot program authorizing such practice as obsolete.