SLS 18RS-208 ENGROSSED
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 employed under contract or arrangement with hospital
15 systems licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health pursuant to R.S.
16 40:2100 et seq., or a nursing facility licensed by the Louisiana Department of
17 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 ENGROSSED
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Christine Arbo Peck.
DIGEST
SB 435 Engrossed 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))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to
the original bill
1. Makes technical corrections to a statutory reference.
2. Clarifies that the advanced practice registered nurse is employed under
contract or arrangement with the hospital system.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.