SLS 20RS-455 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 405
BY SENATOR FOIL
NURSES. Provides relative to collaborative practice agreements between advanced practice
registered nurses and licensed physicians or dentists. (8/1/20)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact the introductory paragraph of R.S. 37:913(9) and R.S. 37:913(9)(a),
3 relative to collaborative practice agreements between advanced practice registered
4 nurses and licensed physicians or dentists; to provide for the definition of
5 collaborative practice agreement; to provide for approval of the collaborative
6 practice agreement by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing and the Louisiana State
7 Board of Medical Examiners or Louisiana State Board of Dentistry; and to provide
8 for related matters.
9 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. The introductory paragraph of R.S. 37:913(9) and R.S. 37:913(9)(a) are
11 hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
12 ยง913. Definitions
13 As used in this Part:
14 * * *
15 (9) "Collaborative practice agreement" means a formal written statement
16 addressing the parameters of the collaborative practice which are mutually agreed
17 upon by the advanced practice registered nurse and one or more licensed physicians
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1 or dentists, subject to the joint approval of the Louisiana State Board of Nursing
2 and the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners or the Louisiana State
3 Board of Dentistry, which shall include but not be limited to the following
4 provisions:
5 (a) Availability of the collaborating physician who shall be licensed to
6 practice and be domiciled in Louisiana, or dentist for consultation or referral, or
7 both.
8 * * *
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Christine Arbo Peck.
DIGEST
SB 405 Original 2020 Regular Session Foil
Present law defines "collaborative practice agreement" as a formal written statement
addressing the parameters of the collaborative practice which are mutually agreed upon by
the advanced practice registered nurse and one or more licensed physicians or dentists.
Proposed law retains present law and adds a requirement that the agreement is subject to
joint approval by the LSBN and the LSBME or LSBD.
Present law requires a collaborating physician to be available for consultation or referral, or
both. Proposed law retains present law and adds a requirement that the collaborating
physician must be licensed to practice and be domiciled in Louisiana.
Effective August 1, 2020.
(Amends R.S. 37:913(9)(intro para) and (a))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.