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ACT No. 246
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 343
BY REPRESENTATIVE WILLMOTT
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
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: