SLS 18RS-208 ORIGINAL
2018 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 435
BY SENATOR MILLS
NURSES. Provides relative to advanced practice registered nursing. (8/1/18)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact the introductory paragraph of R.S. 37:913 and to enact R.S.
3 37:913(B), relative to advanced practice registered nursing; to provide for exceptions
4 to the collaborative practice agreement requirement; to provide for technical
5 corrections; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. The introductory paragraph of R.S. 37:913 is hereby amended and
8 reenacted and R.S. 37:913(B) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง913. Definitions
10 A. As used in this Part:
11 * * *
12 B. The provisions of Subsection A of this Section that require a
13 collaborative practice agreement shall not apply to any advanced practice
14 registered nurse who is lawfully performing his advanced practice registered
15 nursing duties in a hospital licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health
16 pursuant to R.S. 40:2010 et seq., or a nursing facility licensed by the Louisiana
17 Department of Health pursuant to R.S. 40:2009.1 et seq.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SB NO. 435
SLS 18RS-208 ORIGINAL
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Christine Arbo Peck.
DIGEST
SB 435 Original 2018 Regular Session Mills
Present law requires an advanced practice registered nurse to have a formal written
collaborative practice agreement with a licensed physician. Proposed law exempts advanced
practice registered nurses performing their duties in a hospital or nursing home from the
requirement of the formal written collaborative practice agreement.
Effective August 1, 2018.
(Amends R.S. 37:913 (intro para); adds R.S. 37:913(B))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.