HLS 19RS-689 ENGROSSED
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 276
BY REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT JOHNSON
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
NURSES/REGISTERED: Grants advanced practice registered nurses signature authority
on matters within their scope of practice
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 37:936, relative to advanced practice registered nurses; to authorize such
3 nurses to furnish signatures and other types of endorsements required of physicians
4 in certain instances; to provide conditions upon which such signature authority is
5 contingent; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 37:936 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง936. Advanced practice registered nurses; signature authority
9 A. If a provision of law or administrative rule requires a signature,
10 certification, stamp, verification, affidavit, or endorsement by a physician, the
11 requirement may be fulfilled by an advanced practice registered nurse practicing
12 within his scope of practice unless prohibited by the terms of a collaborative practice
13 agreement to which the nurse is a party.
14 B. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to expand the scope of practice
15 of an advanced practice registered nurse.
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are additions. HLS 19RS-689 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 276
DIGEST
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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)]
HB 276 Engrossed 2019 Regular Session Robert Johnson
Abstract: Grants advanced practice registered nurses signature authority on matters within
their scope of practice unless prohibited by a collaborative practice agreement.
Proposed law provides that if a provision of present law or present administrative rule
requires a signature, certification, stamp, verification, affidavit, or endorsement by a
physician, the requirement may be fulfilled by an advanced practice registered nurse
practicing within his scope of practice unless prohibited by the terms of a collaborative
practice agreement to which the nurse is a party.
Proposed law stipulates that nothing therein shall be construed to expand the scope of
practice of an advanced practice registered nurse.
(Adds R.S. 37:936)
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