| 6 | 4 | | 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 7 | 5 | | Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1963 3 |
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| 8 | 6 | | 4 |
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| 9 | 7 | | By: Representatives Gonzales, L. Johnson 5 |
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| 10 | 8 | | By: Senator J. Boyd 6 |
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| 12 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 13 | 11 | | AN ACT TO CLARIFY THAT AN ADVANCED PRACTICE 9 |
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| 14 | 12 | | REGISTERED NURSE WHO PRESCRIBES A STIMULANT MAY 10 |
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| 15 | 13 | | SUBSTITUTE A THERAPEUTICALLY EQUIVALENT MEDICATION; 11 |
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| 16 | 14 | | AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12 |
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| 17 | 15 | | 13 |
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| 18 | 16 | | 14 |
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| 19 | 17 | | Subtitle 15 |
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| 20 | 18 | | TO CLARIFY THAT AN ADVANCED PRACTICE 16 |
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| 21 | 19 | | REGISTERED NURSE WHO PRESCRIBES A 17 |
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| 22 | 20 | | STIMULANT MAY SUBSTITUTE A 18 |
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| 23 | 21 | | THERAPEUTICALLY EQUIVALENT MEDICATION. 19 |
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| 24 | 22 | | 20 |
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| 25 | 23 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 21 |
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| 27 | 25 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code ยง 17 -87-310(b)(2)(B)(ii), concerning the 23 |
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| 28 | 26 | | prescriptive authority of an advanced practice registered nurse, is amended 24 |
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| 29 | 27 | | to read as follows: 25 |
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| 30 | 28 | | (ii)(a) The prescription is for a stimulant. 26 |
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| 31 | 29 | | (b) A prescription for a stimulant shall meet 27 |
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| 32 | 30 | | the following criteria: 28 |
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| 33 | 31 | | (1) The prescription was originally 29 |
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| 34 | 32 | | initiated by a physician; 30 |
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| 35 | 33 | | (2) The physician has evaluated the 31 |
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| 36 | 34 | | patient within six (6) months before the advanced practice registered nurse 32 |
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| 37 | 35 | | issues a prescription; and 33 |
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| 38 | 36 | | (3) The prescription by the advanced 34 |
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| 39 | 37 | | practice registered nurse is to treat the same condition as the original 35 |
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