| 1 | 1 | | HOUSE BILL NO. 4399 A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled "Public health code," by amending sections 17201, 17210, 17211a, and 17212 (MCL 333.17201, 333.17210, 333.17211a, and 333.17212), sections 17201 and 17212 as amended and section 17211a as added by 2016 PA 499 and section 17210 as amended by 2021 PA 53, and by adding section 17210a. the people of the state of michigan enact: Sec. 17201. (1) As used in this part: (a) "Advanced practice registered nurse" or "a.p.r.n." means a registered professional nurse who has been granted a specialty certification under section 17210 in 1 of the following health profession specialty fields: (i) Nurse midwifery. (ii) Nurse practitioner. (iii) Clinical nurse specialist. (b) "Physician" means a physician who is licensed under part 170 or part 175. (c) "Practice Subject to sections 17210 and 17210a, "practice of nursing" means the systematic application of substantial specialized knowledge and skill, derived from the biological, physical, and behavioral sciences, to the care, treatment, counsel, and health teaching of individuals who are experiencing changes in the normal health processes or who require assistance in the maintenance of health and the prevention or management of illness, injury, or disability. (d) "Practice of nursing as a licensed practical nurse" or "l.p.n." means the practice of nursing based on less comprehensive knowledge and skill than that required of a registered professional nurse and performed under the supervision of a registered professional nurse, physician, or dentist. (e) "Registered professional nurse" or "r.n." means an individual who is licensed under this part to engage in the practice of nursing which scope of practice includes the teaching, direction, and supervision of less skilled personnel in the performance of delegated nursing activities. (2) In addition to the definitions in this part, article 1 contains general definitions and principles of construction applicable to all articles in the code and part 161 contains definitions applicable to this part. Sec. 17210. (1) The Michigan Subject to this section and section 17210a, the board of nursing may grant a specialty certification to a registered professional nurse who has advanced training beyond that required for initial licensure, who has demonstrated competency through examination or other evaluative processes, and who practices in 1 of the following health profession specialty fields: (a) Nurse midwifery. (b) Nurse anesthetist. (c) Nurse practitioner. (d) Subject to subsection (2), clinical Clinical nurse specialist. (2) The Michigan board of nursing shall promulgate rules establishing the qualifications for the training and competency of the health profession specialty field of clinical nurse specialist. The Michigan board of nursing shall not grant a specialty certification as a clinical nurse specialist under subsection (1) until after the effective date of the rules promulgated under this subsection. (3) All of the following apply to a registered professional nurse who holds a specialty certification as a nurse anesthetist: (a) In addition to performing duties within the scope of the practice of nursing, his or her the individual's scope of practice includes any of the following anesthesia and analgesia services if the services are performed in accordance with the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Standards for Nurse Anesthesia Practice: (i) Development of Developing a plan of care. (ii) Performance of Performing all patient assessments, procedures, and monitoring to implement the plan of care or to address patient emergencies that arise during implementation of the plan of care. (iii) Selection, Selecting, ordering, or prescribing and the administration of administering anesthesia and analgesic agents, including pharmacological agents that are prescription drugs as defined in section 17708 or controlled substances. For purposes of this subparagraph, the authority of a registered professional nurse who holds a specialty certification as a nurse anesthetist to prescribe pharmacological agents is limited to pharmacological agents for administration to patients as described in subdivision (b), (c), or (d), and his or her the individual's authority does not include any activity that would permit a patient to self-administer, obtain, or receive pharmacological agents, including prescription drugs or controlled substances, outside of the facility in which the anesthetic or analgesic service is performed or beyond the perioperative, periobstetrical, or periprocedural period. (b) If he or she the individual meets both of the following requirements, he or she the individual may provide the anesthesia and analgesia services described in subdivision (a) without supervision: (i) He or she The individual meets either of the following: (A) He or she The individual has practiced in the health profession specialty field of nurse anesthetist for 3 years or more and has practiced in that health profession specialty field in a health care facility for a minimum of 4,000 hours. (B) He or she The individual has a doctor of nurse anesthesia practice degree or doctor of nursing practice degree. (ii) He or she The individual is collaboratively participating in a patient-centered care team. (c) He or she The individual may provide the anesthesia and analgesia services described in subdivision (a) in a health care facility if the health care facility has a policy in place under subsection (4) allowing for the provision of the anesthesia and analgesia services and ensuring that a qualified health care professional is immediately available in person or through telemedicine to address any urgent or emergent clinical concerns. (d) The anesthesia and analgesia services described in subdivision (a) may be performed for and during the perioperative, periobstetrical, or periprocedural period. (e) If he or she the individual is practicing pain management in a freestanding pain clinic, he or she the individual must be under the supervision of a physician. (4) A health care facility may adopt policies relating to the provision of anesthesia and analgesia services. If a health care facility uses a registered professional nurse who holds a specialty certification as a nurse anesthetist to perform the anesthesia and analgesia services described in subsection (3) who is not employed by the health care facility, the health care facility shall ensure that the registered professional nurse or the person employing the registered professional nurse maintains malpractice insurance. (5) Subsection (3) does not require new or additional third party third-party reimbursement or mandated worker's compensation benefits for anesthesia and analgesia services provided under that subsection by a registered professional nurse who holds a specialty certification as a nurse anesthetist under this part. (6) As used in this section: (a) "Collaboratively participating" means practicing and communicating with health care professionals involved in the patient-centered care team to optimize the overall care delivered to the patient. (b) "Health care facility" means any of the following: (i) A hospital inpatient or outpatient facility. (ii) A freestanding surgical outpatient facility. (iii) An office of a physician, podiatrist, or dentist. (iv) Any other office or facility in which diagnostic or therapeutic procedures are provided to a patient, including, but not limited to, imaging, endoscopy, or cystoscopy services. (c) "Health care professional" means an individual who is licensed or registered to perform a health profession under this article. (d) "Patient-centered care team" means a group of health care professionals, which must include, but is not limited to, a qualified health care professional, who directly or indirectly care for a patient by each contributing his or her the professional's specialized knowledge, skill, and experience to the care of the patient. (e) "Qualified health care professional" means any of the following health care professionals who has completed the necessary education, training, and experience in anesthesia care or pharmacology, or has experience with procedures requiring anesthesia: (i) A physician. (ii) A dentist licensed under part 166. (iii) A podiatric physician licensed under part 180. Sec. 17210a. (1) The board may grant a specialty certification as a nurse practitioner under section 17210 to a registered professional nurse who meets all of the following requirements: (a) Has completed a graduate, postgraduate, or doctoral level nursing education program that the board determines prepares the registered professional nurse for the health profession specialty field of nurse practitioner. (b) Holds a certification from a nationally accredited certification body approved by the board. (c) Meets any other requirement established by the board by rule. (2) All of the following apply to a registered professional nurse who holds a specialty certification as a nurse practitioner: (a) In addition to performing duties within the practice of nursing, the individual's scope of practice includes all of the following: (i) Performing comprehensive assessments, providing physical examinations and other health assessments, and providing screening activities. (ii) Diagnosing, treating, and managing patients with acute and chronic illnesses and diseases. (iii) Ordering, performing, supervising, and interpreting laboratory and imaging studies. (iv) Prescribing pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions and treatments that are within the registered professional nurse's specialty role. (v) Engaging in health promotion and disease prevention. (vi) Providing health education. (vii) Counseling patients and families with potential, acute, and chronic health disorders. (b) The individual shall do both of the following: (i) Comply with the standards established by the board and with the national accreditation standards of the national professional nursing associations applicable to the individual's specialty certification. (ii) Consult with other health professionals and refer a patient to other health professionals, as the board considers appropriate. (c) The individual may supervise registered professional nurses, licensed practical nurses, and other individuals performing health occupations. Sec. 17211a. (1) An advanced practice registered nurse may prescribe any of the following: (a) A nonscheduled prescription drug. (b) Subject to subsection (2), Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a controlled substance included in schedules 2 to 5 of part 72, as a delegated act of a physician. (2) If an advanced practice registered nurse prescribes a controlled substance under subsection (1)(b), this subdivision, both the advanced practice registered nurse's name and the physician's name shall must be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with that prescription, . If an advanced practice registered nurse prescribes a controlled substance under subsection (1)(b), and both the advanced practice registered nurse's and the physician's DEA registration numbers shall must be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with that prescription. (2) An advanced practice registered nurse who holds a specialty certification in the specialty field of nurse practitioner may prescribe a controlled substance included in schedules 2 to 5 of part 72 without delegation from a physician if the advanced practice registered nurse prescribes the controlled substance while practicing in the health profession specialty field of nurse practitioner. If a controlled substance is prescribed under this subsection, only the name of the advanced practice registered nurse described in this subsection must be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with the prescription and only the advanced practice registered nurse's DEA registration number must be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with the prescription. (3) The amendatory act that added this This section does not require new or additional third-party reimbursement or mandated worker's compensation benefits for services rendered by an advanced practice registered nurse who is authorized to prescribe nonscheduled prescription drugs and controlled substances included in schedules 2 to 5 of part 72. under this section. Sec. 17212. (1) Subject to subsections (2), and (3), and (4), in addition to acts, tasks, and functions delegated under section 16215, 17211a(1)(b), 17745, 17745a, or 17745b, a supervising physician may delegate in writing to a registered professional nurse the ordering, receipt, and dispensing of complimentary starter dose drugs other than controlled substances as defined in article 7 or federal law. If a delegated ordering, receipt, or dispensing of complimentary starter dose drugs described in this subsection occurs, both the registered professional nurse's name and the supervising physician's name shall must be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with each order, receipt, or dispensing. (2) Subject to subsection (3), an An advanced practice registered nurse may order, receive, and dispense a complimentary starter dose drug other than a controlled substance without delegation from a physician. Only the name of the advanced practice registered nurse shall must be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with an order, receipt, or dispensing of a complimentary starter dose drug under this subsection. (3) An Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4), an advanced practice registered nurse may order, receive, and dispense complimentary starter doses of controlled substances included in schedules 2 to 5 of part 72 as a delegated act of a physician. If a delegated ordering, receipt, or dispensing of complimentary starter dose drugs described in this subsection occurs, the advanced practice registered nurse's name and the delegating physician's name shall must be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with each order, receipt, or dispensing and both the advanced practice registered nurse's and the delegating physician's DEA registration number shall must be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with each order, receipt, or dispensing. (4) An advanced practice registered nurse who holds a specialty certification in the specialty field of nurse practitioner may order, receive, and dispense complimentary starter doses of controlled substances included in schedules 2 to 5 of part 72 without delegation from a physician. If an advanced practice registered nurse described in this subsection orders, receives, or dispenses a complimentary starter dose drug described in this subsection, only the advanced practice registered nurse's name must be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with each order, receipt, or dispensing and only the advanced practice registered nurse's DEA registration number must be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with each order, receipt, or dispensing. (5) (4) It is the intent of the legislature in enacting this section to allow a pharmaceutical manufacturer or wholesale distributor, as those terms are defined in part 177, sections 17706 and 17709, to distribute complimentary starter dose drugs to an advanced practice registered nurse described in subsections (2), and (3), and (4), or to a registered professional nurse described in subsection (1), in compliance with section 503(d) of the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act, 21 USC 353. (6) (5) As used in this section, "complimentary starter dose" means that term as defined in section 17745. |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE BILL NO. 4399 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled |
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| 7 | 7 | | "Public health code," |
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| 9 | 9 | | by amending sections 17201, 17210, 17211a, and 17212 (MCL 333.17201, 333.17210, 333.17211a, and 333.17212), sections 17201 and 17212 as amended and section 17211a as added by 2016 PA 499 and section 17210 as amended by 2021 PA 53, and by adding section 17210a. |
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| 11 | 11 | | the people of the state of michigan enact: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 17201. (1) As used in this part: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (a) "Advanced practice registered nurse" or "a.p.r.n." means a registered professional nurse who has been granted a specialty certification under section 17210 in 1 of the following health profession specialty fields: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (i) Nurse midwifery. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (ii) Nurse practitioner. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (iii) Clinical nurse specialist. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b) "Physician" means a physician who is licensed under part 170 or part 175. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (c) "Practice Subject to sections 17210 and 17210a, "practice of nursing" means the systematic application of substantial specialized knowledge and skill, derived from the biological, physical, and behavioral sciences, to the care, treatment, counsel, and health teaching of individuals who are experiencing changes in the normal health processes or who require assistance in the maintenance of health and the prevention or management of illness, injury, or disability. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (d) "Practice of nursing as a licensed practical nurse" or "l.p.n." means the practice of nursing based on less comprehensive knowledge and skill than that required of a registered professional nurse and performed under the supervision of a registered professional nurse, physician, or dentist. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (e) "Registered professional nurse" or "r.n." means an individual who is licensed under this part to engage in the practice of nursing which scope of practice includes the teaching, direction, and supervision of less skilled personnel in the performance of delegated nursing activities. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) In addition to the definitions in this part, article 1 contains general definitions and principles of construction applicable to all articles in the code and part 161 contains definitions applicable to this part. |
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| 33 | 33 | | Sec. 17210. (1) The Michigan Subject to this section and section 17210a, the board of nursing may grant a specialty certification to a registered professional nurse who has advanced training beyond that required for initial licensure, who has demonstrated competency through examination or other evaluative processes, and who practices in 1 of the following health profession specialty fields: |
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| 35 | 35 | | (a) Nurse midwifery. |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) Nurse anesthetist. |
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| 39 | 39 | | (c) Nurse practitioner. |
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| 41 | 41 | | (d) Subject to subsection (2), clinical Clinical nurse specialist. |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) The Michigan board of nursing shall promulgate rules establishing the qualifications for the training and competency of the health profession specialty field of clinical nurse specialist. The Michigan board of nursing shall not grant a specialty certification as a clinical nurse specialist under subsection (1) until after the effective date of the rules promulgated under this subsection. |
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| 45 | 45 | | (3) All of the following apply to a registered professional nurse who holds a specialty certification as a nurse anesthetist: |
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| 47 | 47 | | (a) In addition to performing duties within the scope of the practice of nursing, his or her the individual's scope of practice includes any of the following anesthesia and analgesia services if the services are performed in accordance with the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Standards for Nurse Anesthesia Practice: |
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| 49 | 49 | | (i) Development of Developing a plan of care. |
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| 51 | 51 | | (ii) Performance of Performing all patient assessments, procedures, and monitoring to implement the plan of care or to address patient emergencies that arise during implementation of the plan of care. |
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| 53 | 53 | | (iii) Selection, Selecting, ordering, or prescribing and the administration of administering anesthesia and analgesic agents, including pharmacological agents that are prescription drugs as defined in section 17708 or controlled substances. For purposes of this subparagraph, the authority of a registered professional nurse who holds a specialty certification as a nurse anesthetist to prescribe pharmacological agents is limited to pharmacological agents for administration to patients as described in subdivision (b), (c), or (d), and his or her the individual's authority does not include any activity that would permit a patient to self-administer, obtain, or receive pharmacological agents, including prescription drugs or controlled substances, outside of the facility in which the anesthetic or analgesic service is performed or beyond the perioperative, periobstetrical, or periprocedural period. |
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| 55 | 55 | | (b) If he or she the individual meets both of the following requirements, he or she the individual may provide the anesthesia and analgesia services described in subdivision (a) without supervision: |
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| 57 | 57 | | (i) He or she The individual meets either of the following: |
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| 59 | 59 | | (A) He or she The individual has practiced in the health profession specialty field of nurse anesthetist for 3 years or more and has practiced in that health profession specialty field in a health care facility for a minimum of 4,000 hours. |
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| 61 | 61 | | (B) He or she The individual has a doctor of nurse anesthesia practice degree or doctor of nursing practice degree. |
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| 63 | 63 | | (ii) He or she The individual is collaboratively participating in a patient-centered care team. |
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| 65 | 65 | | (c) He or she The individual may provide the anesthesia and analgesia services described in subdivision (a) in a health care facility if the health care facility has a policy in place under subsection (4) allowing for the provision of the anesthesia and analgesia services and ensuring that a qualified health care professional is immediately available in person or through telemedicine to address any urgent or emergent clinical concerns. |
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| 67 | 67 | | (d) The anesthesia and analgesia services described in subdivision (a) may be performed for and during the perioperative, periobstetrical, or periprocedural period. |
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| 69 | 69 | | (e) If he or she the individual is practicing pain management in a freestanding pain clinic, he or she the individual must be under the supervision of a physician. |
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| 71 | 71 | | (4) A health care facility may adopt policies relating to the provision of anesthesia and analgesia services. If a health care facility uses a registered professional nurse who holds a specialty certification as a nurse anesthetist to perform the anesthesia and analgesia services described in subsection (3) who is not employed by the health care facility, the health care facility shall ensure that the registered professional nurse or the person employing the registered professional nurse maintains malpractice insurance. |
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| 73 | 73 | | (5) Subsection (3) does not require new or additional third party third-party reimbursement or mandated worker's compensation benefits for anesthesia and analgesia services provided under that subsection by a registered professional nurse who holds a specialty certification as a nurse anesthetist under this part. |
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| 75 | 75 | | (6) As used in this section: |
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| 77 | 77 | | (a) "Collaboratively participating" means practicing and communicating with health care professionals involved in the patient-centered care team to optimize the overall care delivered to the patient. |
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| 79 | 79 | | (b) "Health care facility" means any of the following: |
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| 81 | 81 | | (i) A hospital inpatient or outpatient facility. |
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| 83 | 83 | | (ii) A freestanding surgical outpatient facility. |
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| 85 | 85 | | (iii) An office of a physician, podiatrist, or dentist. |
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| 87 | 87 | | (iv) Any other office or facility in which diagnostic or therapeutic procedures are provided to a patient, including, but not limited to, imaging, endoscopy, or cystoscopy services. |
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| 89 | 89 | | (c) "Health care professional" means an individual who is licensed or registered to perform a health profession under this article. |
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| 91 | 91 | | (d) "Patient-centered care team" means a group of health care professionals, which must include, but is not limited to, a qualified health care professional, who directly or indirectly care for a patient by each contributing his or her the professional's specialized knowledge, skill, and experience to the care of the patient. |
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| 93 | 93 | | (e) "Qualified health care professional" means any of the following health care professionals who has completed the necessary education, training, and experience in anesthesia care or pharmacology, or has experience with procedures requiring anesthesia: |
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| 95 | 95 | | (i) A physician. |
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| 97 | 97 | | (ii) A dentist licensed under part 166. |
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| 99 | 99 | | (iii) A podiatric physician licensed under part 180. |
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| 101 | 101 | | Sec. 17210a. (1) The board may grant a specialty certification as a nurse practitioner under section 17210 to a registered professional nurse who meets all of the following requirements: |
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| 103 | 103 | | (a) Has completed a graduate, postgraduate, or doctoral level nursing education program that the board determines prepares the registered professional nurse for the health profession specialty field of nurse practitioner. |
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| 105 | 105 | | (b) Holds a certification from a nationally accredited certification body approved by the board. |
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| 107 | 107 | | (c) Meets any other requirement established by the board by rule. |
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| 109 | 109 | | (2) All of the following apply to a registered professional nurse who holds a specialty certification as a nurse practitioner: |
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| 111 | 111 | | (a) In addition to performing duties within the practice of nursing, the individual's scope of practice includes all of the following: |
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| 113 | 113 | | (i) Performing comprehensive assessments, providing physical examinations and other health assessments, and providing screening activities. |
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| 115 | 115 | | (ii) Diagnosing, treating, and managing patients with acute and chronic illnesses and diseases. |
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| 117 | 117 | | (iii) Ordering, performing, supervising, and interpreting laboratory and imaging studies. |
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| 119 | 119 | | (iv) Prescribing pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions and treatments that are within the registered professional nurse's specialty role. |
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| 121 | 121 | | (v) Engaging in health promotion and disease prevention. |
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| 123 | 123 | | (vi) Providing health education. |
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| 125 | 125 | | (vii) Counseling patients and families with potential, acute, and chronic health disorders. |
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| 127 | 127 | | (b) The individual shall do both of the following: |
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| 129 | 129 | | (i) Comply with the standards established by the board and with the national accreditation standards of the national professional nursing associations applicable to the individual's specialty certification. |
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| 131 | 131 | | (ii) Consult with other health professionals and refer a patient to other health professionals, as the board considers appropriate. |
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| 133 | 133 | | (c) The individual may supervise registered professional nurses, licensed practical nurses, and other individuals performing health occupations. |
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| 135 | 135 | | Sec. 17211a. (1) An advanced practice registered nurse may prescribe any of the following: |
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| 137 | 137 | | (a) A nonscheduled prescription drug. |
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| 139 | 139 | | (b) Subject to subsection (2), Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a controlled substance included in schedules 2 to 5 of part 72, as a delegated act of a physician. |
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| 141 | 141 | | (2) If an advanced practice registered nurse prescribes a controlled substance under subsection (1)(b), this subdivision, both the advanced practice registered nurse's name and the physician's name shall must be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with that prescription, . If an advanced practice registered nurse prescribes a controlled substance under subsection (1)(b), and both the advanced practice registered nurse's and the physician's DEA registration numbers shall must be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with that prescription. |
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| 143 | 143 | | (2) An advanced practice registered nurse who holds a specialty certification in the specialty field of nurse practitioner may prescribe a controlled substance included in schedules 2 to 5 of part 72 without delegation from a physician if the advanced practice registered nurse prescribes the controlled substance while practicing in the health profession specialty field of nurse practitioner. If a controlled substance is prescribed under this subsection, only the name of the advanced practice registered nurse described in this subsection must be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with the prescription and only the advanced practice registered nurse's DEA registration number must be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with the prescription. |
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| 145 | 145 | | (3) The amendatory act that added this This section does not require new or additional third-party reimbursement or mandated worker's compensation benefits for services rendered by an advanced practice registered nurse who is authorized to prescribe nonscheduled prescription drugs and controlled substances included in schedules 2 to 5 of part 72. under this section. |
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| 147 | 147 | | Sec. 17212. (1) Subject to subsections (2), and (3), and (4), in addition to acts, tasks, and functions delegated under section 16215, 17211a(1)(b), 17745, 17745a, or 17745b, a supervising physician may delegate in writing to a registered professional nurse the ordering, receipt, and dispensing of complimentary starter dose drugs other than controlled substances as defined in article 7 or federal law. If a delegated ordering, receipt, or dispensing of complimentary starter dose drugs described in this subsection occurs, both the registered professional nurse's name and the supervising physician's name shall must be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with each order, receipt, or dispensing. |
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| 149 | 149 | | (2) Subject to subsection (3), an An advanced practice registered nurse may order, receive, and dispense a complimentary starter dose drug other than a controlled substance without delegation from a physician. Only the name of the advanced practice registered nurse shall must be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with an order, receipt, or dispensing of a complimentary starter dose drug under this subsection. |
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| 151 | 151 | | (3) An Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4), an advanced practice registered nurse may order, receive, and dispense complimentary starter doses of controlled substances included in schedules 2 to 5 of part 72 as a delegated act of a physician. If a delegated ordering, receipt, or dispensing of complimentary starter dose drugs described in this subsection occurs, the advanced practice registered nurse's name and the delegating physician's name shall must be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with each order, receipt, or dispensing and both the advanced practice registered nurse's and the delegating physician's DEA registration number shall must be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with each order, receipt, or dispensing. |
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| 153 | 153 | | (4) An advanced practice registered nurse who holds a specialty certification in the specialty field of nurse practitioner may order, receive, and dispense complimentary starter doses of controlled substances included in schedules 2 to 5 of part 72 without delegation from a physician. If an advanced practice registered nurse described in this subsection orders, receives, or dispenses a complimentary starter dose drug described in this subsection, only the advanced practice registered nurse's name must be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with each order, receipt, or dispensing and only the advanced practice registered nurse's DEA registration number must be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with each order, receipt, or dispensing. |
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| 155 | 155 | | (5) (4) It is the intent of the legislature in enacting this section to allow a pharmaceutical manufacturer or wholesale distributor, as those terms are defined in part 177, sections 17706 and 17709, to distribute complimentary starter dose drugs to an advanced practice registered nurse described in subsections (2), and (3), and (4), or to a registered professional nurse described in subsection (1), in compliance with section 503(d) of the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act, 21 USC 353. |
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| 157 | 157 | | (6) (5) As used in this section, "complimentary starter dose" means that term as defined in section 17745. |
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