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Engrossed Version House Bill 4334 History
A BILL to repeal §30-15-1, §30-15-2, §30-15-3, §30-15-4, §30-15-5, §30-15-6, §30-15-7, §30-15-7a, §30-15-7b, §30-15-7c and §30-15-8, of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §30-7-1, §30-7-2, §30-7-6, §30-7-7, §30-7-15a, §30-7-15b and §30-7-15c of said code; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §30-7-15d, all relating to the licensure and authority of advanced practice registered nurses; repealing separate and redundant provisions relating to nurse-midwives; updating and adding definitions of terms; requiring a license to practice as an advanced practice registered nurse; establishing license requirements for an advanced practice registered nurse; updating the prerequisites and application requirements to apply for authority to prescribe drugs; modifying the types and amounts of controlled substances that may be prescribed by authorized advanced practice registered nurses; permitting the signature of an advanced practice registered nurse to have the same force and effect as that of a physician insofar as patient care documentation is concerned; removing the requirement for collaborative relationships with physicians as an ongoing requirement for practice for certified nurse-midwives; removing the requirement for collaborative relationships with physicians as an on-going requirement for prescriptive authority for advanced practice registered nurses; removing certain notifications; and permitting certain fees to be set by rule.
That §30-15-1, §30-15-2, §30-15-3, §30-15-4, §30-15-5, §30-15-6, §30-15-7, §30-15-7a, §30-15-7b, §30-15-7c and §30-15-8, of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be repealed; that §30-7-1, §30-7-2, §30-7-6, §30-7-7, §30-7-15a, §30-7-15b and §30-7-15c of said code be amended and reenacted; and that said code be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §30-7-15d, all to read as follows:
(a) The practice of AAdvanced practice registered nurse@ is means a registered nurse who has acquired advanced clinical knowledge and skills preparing him or her to provide direct and indirect care to patients as a certified nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, certified registered nurse anesthetist, or certified nurse specialist, who has completed a board-approved graduate-level education program and who has passed a board-approved national certification examination; An advanced practice registered nurse shall meet all the requirements set forth by the board by rule for an advance practice registered nurse which shall include, at a minimum, a valid license to practice as a certified registered nurse anesthetist, a certified nurse midwife, a clinical nurse specialist or a certified nurse practitioner.
(c) The practice of "registered professional nursing" means the performance for compensation of any service requiring substantial specialized judgment and skill based on knowledge and application of principles of nursing derived from the biological, physical and social sciences, such as responsible supervision of a patient requiring skill in observation of symptoms and reactions and the accurate recording of the facts, or the supervision and teaching of other persons with respect to such principles of nursing, or in the administration of medications and treatments as prescribed by a licensed physician, or a licensed dentist or advanced practice registered nurse, or the application of such nursing procedures as involve understanding of cause and effect in order to safeguard life and health of a patient and others; and
(a) In order to safeguard life and health, any person practicing or offering to practice registered professional nursing in this state for compensation shall hereafter be required to submit evidence that he or she is qualified so to practice, and shall be licensed as hereinafter provided. After June 30, 1965, It shall be is unlawful for any person not licensed under the provisions of this article to practice or to offer to practice registered professional nursing in this state, or to use any title, sign, card or device to indicate that such person is a registered professional nurse: Provided, That any professional nurse holding an active, unencumbered license to practice in another state, who accompanies a patient to whom he or she administers nursing care while such patient is in transit or being transported into, out of, or through this state, may practice without a license issued under this article with the following limitations: (a) Such nurse may only administer nursing care to the patient whom they are accompanying in this state; and (b) under no circumstances is any such nurse authorized to practice nursing in this state for longer than forty-eight hours within any three-month period; and (c) under no circumstances shall any such nurse hold him or herself out as a registered professional nurse licensed in this state. Such forty-eight hour period shall commence and run from the time such nurse first enters the borders of this state in the company of his or her patient and therefrom run continuously, whether or not such nurse dispenses nursing care, until such forty-eight hour period has elapsed.
(b) To practice as an advanced practice registered nurse in this state, a person must have a currently valid advanced practice registered nurse license issued by the board. It is unlawful for any person to practice or offer to practice as an advanced practice registered nurse, to use any title, sign, card or device to indicate or give the impression that such person is an advanced practice registered nurse or to practice as, perform the role of, or use any title, sign, card or device to indicate that the person is a certified registered nurse anesthetist, certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist or certified nurse practitioner, unless that person is currently licensed by the board as an advanced practice registered nurse.
(a) To obtain a license to practice registered professional nursing, an applicant for such license shall submit to the board written evidence, verified by oath, that he or she: (a) (1) Is of good moral character; (b) (2) has completed an approved four-year high school course of study or the equivalent thereof, as determined by the appropriate educational agency; and (c) (3) has completed an accredited program of registered professional nursing education and holds a diploma of a school accredited by the board.
The applicant shall also be required to pass a written examination in such subjects as the board may determine. Each written examination may be supplemented by an oral examination. Upon successfully passing such examination or examinations, the board shall issue to the applicant a license to practice registered professional nursing. The board shall determine the times and places for examinations. In the event an applicant shall have failed to pass examinations on two occasions, the applicant shall, in addition to the other requirements of this section, present to the board such other evidence of his or her qualifications as the board may prescribe.
The board may, upon application, issue a license to practice registered professional nursing by endorsement to an applicant who has been duly licensed as a registered professional nurse under the laws of another state, territory or foreign country if in the opinion of the board the applicant meets the qualifications required of registered professional nurses at the time of graduation.
The board may, upon application and proper identification determined by the board, issue a temporary permit to practice registered professional nursing by endorsement to an applicant who has been duly licensed as a registered professional nurse under the laws of another state, territory or foreign country. Such temporary permit authorizes the holder to practice registered professional nursing in this state while the temporary permit is effective. A temporary permit shall be effective for ninety days, unless the board revokes such permit prior to its expiration, and such permit may not be renewed. Any person applying for a temporary license under the provisions of this paragraph shall, with his or her application, pay to the board a nonrefundable fee of $10.
Any person holding a valid license designated as a "waiver license" may submit an application to the board for a license containing no reference to the fact that such person has theretofore been issued such "waiver license." The provisions of this section relating to examination and fees and the provisions of all other sections of this article shall apply to any application submitted to the board pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph.
Any person applying for a license to practice registered professional nursing under the provisions of this article shall, with his or her application, pay to the board a fee of $40: Provided, That the fee to be paid for the year commencing July 1, 1982, shall be $70: Provided, however, That the board in its discretion may, by rule or regulation, decrease either or both said license fees. In the event it shall be necessary for the board to reexamine any applicant for a license, an additional fee shall be paid to the board by the applicant for reexamination: Provided further, That the total of such additional fees shall in no case exceed $100 for any one examination.
Any person holding a license heretofore issued by the West Virginia state Board of Examiners for Registered Nurses and which license is valid on the date this article becomes effective shall be deemed to be duly licensed under the provisions of this article for the remainder of the period of any such license heretofore issued. Any such license heretofore issued shall also, for all purposes, be deemed to be a license issued under this article and to be subject to the provisions hereof.
The board shall, upon receipt of a duly executed application for licensure and of the accompanying fee of $70, issue a temporary permit to practice registered professional nursing to any applicant who has received a diploma from a school of nursing approved by the board pursuant to this article after the date the board last scheduled a written examination for persons eligible for licensure: Provided, That no such temporary permit shall be renewable nor shall any such permit be valid for any purpose subsequent to the date the board has announced the results of the first written examination given by the board following the issuance of such permit.
(b) To obtain a license to practice as an advanced practice registered nurse, an applicant must submit a written application, verified by oath, to the board together with an application fee established by the board through an authorized legislative rule. The requirements for a license to practice as an advanced practice registered nurse in this state are listed below and must be demonstrated to the board through satisfactory evidence submitted with the application for a license:
(2) The applicant must have satisfactorily completed a graduate-level program in nursing accredited by a national accreditation body that is acceptable to the board; and
The board may, upon application, issue a license to practice registered professional nursing by endorsement to any person who is not a citizen of the United States of America if such person: (a) Has been duly licensed as a registered professional nurse under the laws of another state, territory or foreign country, and (b) shall, in any such state, territory or foreign country, have passed a written examination in the English language which, in the opinion of the board, is comparable in content and scope to the type of written examination which is authorized in the second paragraph that is required in subsection (a) of section six of this article.
All other provisions of this article shall be applicable to any application for or license issued pursuant to this section.
(1) Mutually agreed upon written guidelines or protocols for prescriptive authority as it applies to the advanced practice registered nurse=s clinical practice;
(c) (b) The board shall promulgate propose legislative rules for legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of chapter twenty-nine-a of this code governing the eligibility and extent to which an advanced practice registered nurse may prescribe drugs. Such rules shall provide, at a minimum, a state formulary classifying those categories of drugs which shall not be prescribed by advanced practice registered nurse including, but not limited to, Schedules I and II of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, antineoplastics, radiopharmaceuticals and general anesthetics. Drugs listed under Schedule III shall be limited to a seventy-two hour supply without refill. In addition to the above referenced provisions and restrictions and pursuant to a collaborative agreement as set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the The rules shall permit the prescribing of an annual supply of any drug, with the exception of controlled substances, which is prescribed for the treatment of a chronic condition, other than chronic pain management. For the purposes of this section, a "chronic condition" is a condition which lasts three months or more, generally cannot be prevented by vaccines, can be controlled but not cured by medication and does not generally disappear. These conditions, with the exception of chronic pain, include, but are not limited to, arthritis, asthma, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, epilepsy and seizures, and obesity. The prescriber authorized in this section shall note on the prescription the chronic disease being treated subject to the following exceptions and limitations:
(1) Except as provided in subdivision (3) of this subsection, an advanced practice registered nurse may not prescribe more than a seventy-two hour supply of any drug listed, or a drug containing any substance listed, in Schedule II of the Uniform Controlled Substance Act, to any individual and the prescription may not be refillable;
(2) An advanced practice registered nurse may prescribe up to a thirty-day supply of any drug listed, or drug containing any substance listed, in Schedule III of the Uniform Controlled Substance Act to any individual and the prescription may not be refillable; and
(3) An advanced practice registered nurse may prescribe to any individual, for the treatment of Attention Deficit Disorder, up to a thirty-day supply of any controlled substance approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of this disorder and the prescription may not be refillable.
(e) (c) The board shall transmit to the Board of Pharmacy a list of all advanced practice registered nurse nurses with prescriptive authority. The list shall include:
(1) The name of the each authorized advanced practice registered nurse;
(a) An advanced practice registered nurse who applies for authorization to prescribe drugs shall is eligible to apply for full authorization to prescribe drugs after satisfying the following requirements:
(a) (1) Be Is licensed and certified in good standing in West Virginia as an advanced practice registered nurse;
(b) (2) Not be less than Is at least eighteen years of age;
(c) (3) Provide the board with evidence of successful completion of Has completed forty-five contact hours of education in pharmacology and clinical management of drug therapy under a program approved by the board, fifteen hours of which shall be have been completed within the two-year period immediately before the date of application prior to entering into a prerequisite collaborative relationship;
(4) Has completed at least two years of practice in a collaborative relationship with a qualified collaborating health care professional: Provided, That this requirement does not apply to those nurses who have been granted prescriptive authority more than two years prior to the amendment of this section; and
(5) Does not have his or her advanced practice registered nursing license, certification or registration in any jurisdiction suspended, limited or revoked.
“Applicant” means an advanced practice registered nurse who has submitted an application for prescriptive authority or who is in the process of completing the prerequisites to apply for prescriptive authority;
“Collaborative relationship” means a working relationship, structured through a written agreement, in which an applicant may prescribe drugs in collaboration with a qualified collaborating health care professional; and
“Qualified collaborating health care professional” means a physician, licensed or authorized to practice in West Virginia and registered to prescribe drugs, including controlled substances, or an advanced practice registered nurse, who is licensed to practice in West Virginia and who has been authorized and registered to prescribe drugs, including controlled substances, for a period of not less than five years preceding entry into a collaborative relationship with an applicant.
(c) An agreement for a collaborative relationship for prescriptive practice between a physician and an advanced practice registered nurse shall be set forth in writing. Verification of the agreement shall be filed with the board by the advanced practice registered nurse together with documentation of completion of the education requirements described in subsection (a) of this section. If the qualified collaborating health care professional is not a licensee of the board, the board shall forward a copy of the verified agreement to the board through which that professional is licensed. If it appears to the satisfaction of the board that the collaborative agreement is sufficient in form, that the applicant has completed the education requirements and that the qualified collaborating health care professional is licensed in good standing in this state, then the board shall grant provisional authority to the applicant to prescribe drugs under the terms of the collaborative agreement and the rules of the board.
Collaborative agreements shall include, but are not limited to, the following:
(2) Statements describing the individual and shared responsibilities of the advanced practice registered nurse and the qualified collaborating health care professional;
(d) The board may, in its discretion, authorize an advanced practice registered nurse to prescribe prescription drugs when the individual has met the prerequisites of subsection (a) of this section, pays the application fee established by the board by rule and submits a completed application, on forms developed by the board, containing the following, minimum elements:
(1) Evidence of successful completion of all education requirements;
(2) Evidence that the applicant is a person of good moral character and that the applicant is not addicted to alcohol or to the use of controlled substances;
(3) The applicant’s statement under oath to the truth of the contents of the application; and
(4) Other information required by state and federal law, or by rule of the board.
(e) After an advanced practice registered nurse has completed at least two years in a duly-documented collaborative relationship and has been granted full prescriptive authority, the advanced practice registered nurse may prescribe drugs without further requirement of participation in a collaborative relationship, unless the board determines by order arising out of the board’s complaint process that a collaborative relationship is necessary for the rehabilitation of the licensee or for protection of the public.
(b) Prescriptive authorization shall may be terminated if the advanced practice registered nurse has:
(2) Prescribed outside the advanced practice registered nurse’s scope of practice or has prescribed drugs for other than therapeutic purposes. or
§30-7-15d. Global allowance for signatures on patient care by advanced practice registered nurses.
Whenever any law or rule requires a signature, certification, stamp, verification, affidavit or endorsement by a physician, the signature, certification, stamp, verification, affidavit or endorsement of an advanced practice registered nurse is permitted to have the same force and effect. This section may not be construed to expand the scope of practice of an advanced practice registered nurse outside his or her area of specialty.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to clarify the requirements for a license to practice as an advanced practice registered nurses and to expand the prescriptive authority that may be granted to advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs). The bill repeals separate provisions relating to nurse-midwives because these provisions are part of the APRN license requirements. This bill removes the requirement for collaborative relationships with physicians as a continuing requirement of practice, but retains the collaborative relationship requirement for a two-year period as a prerequisite to qualify for prescriptive authority. The bill permits advanced practice registered nurses to prescribe limited supplies of certain controlled substances. The bill permits the signature of an advanced practice registered nurse to have the same force and effect as that of a physician insofar as patient care documentation is concerned. The bill removes certain notifications. The bill permits certain fees to be set by rule.