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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 343
BY REPRESENTATIVE WILLMOTT
NURSES: Provides authority for registered nurses to administer anesthetic doses through
perineural catheters
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 37:935, relative to the practice of registered nursing; to provide2
authority for registered nurses to administer anesthetic agents through perineural3
catheters; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 37:935 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
ยง935. Anesthetics; authority of registered nurses7
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Chapter to the contrary, a8
registered nurse may administer, in accordance with an order of an authorized9
prescriber, anesthetic agents to intubated patients in critical care settings, and may10
titrate and continue infusion of local anesthetic agents through the use of epidural11
or perineural catheters for pain management, excluding obstetric patients, in12
accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the Louisiana State Board of13
Nursing, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.14
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not15
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature16
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If17
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become18
effective on the day following such approval.19 HLS 10RS-1205 ENGROSSED
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Willmott HB No. 343
Abstract: Provides authority for registered nurses to administer anesthetic agents through
perineural catheters.
Present law provides authority for registered nurses to administer, in accordance with an
order of an authorized prescriber, anesthetic agents to intubated patients in critical care
settings, and allows these nurses to titrate and continue infusion of local anesthetic agents
through the use of epidural catheters for pain management, excluding obstetric patients in
accordance with the rules of the Dept. of Health and Hospitals and the Administrative
Procedure Act.
Proposed law retains present law and adds authority for registered nurses to administer
anesthetic agents through perineural catheters using the same guidelines included in present
law.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 37:935)