Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
Act 963 of the Regular Session
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State of Arkansas As Engrossed: S4/9/25 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1963 3
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By: Representatives Gonzales, L. Johnson 5
By: Senator J. Boyd 6
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THAT AN ADVANCED PRACTICE 9
REGISTERED NURSE WHO PRESCRIBES A STIMULANT MAY 10
SUBSTITUTE A THERAPEUTICALLY EQUIVALENT MEDICATION; 11
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12
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TO CLARIFY THAT AN ADVANCED PRACTICE 16
REGISTERED NURSE WHO PRESCRIBES A 17
STIMULANT MAY SUBSTITUTE A 18
THERAPEUTICALLY EQUIVALENT MEDICATION. 19
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 21
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SECTION 1. Arkansas Code ยง 17 -87-310(b)(2)(B)(ii), concerning the 23
prescriptive authority of an advanced practice registered nurse, is amended 24
to read as follows: 25
(ii)(a) The prescription is for a stimulant. 26
(b) A prescription for a stimulant shall meet 27
the following criteria: 28
(1) The prescription was originally 29
initiated by a physician; 30
(2) The physician has evaluated the 31
patient within six (6) months before the advanced practice registered nurse 32
issues a prescription; and 33
(3) The prescription by the advanced 34
practice registered nurse is to treat the same condition as the original 35
prescription. 36 As Engrossed: S4/9/25 HB1963
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(c) An advanced practice registered nurse may 1
substitute a therapeutically equivalent medication of the drug prescribed by 2
the physician under subdivision (b)(2)(B)(ii) of this section. 3
(d) If the advanced practice registered nurse 4
substitutes a therapeutically equivalent medication under subdivision 5
(b)(2)(B)(ii)(c) of this section, the advanced practice registered nurse 6
shall notify the physician who originally prescribed the stimulant of the 7
substitution. 8
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