Sections
11 entriesSection 2834Establishes legislative findings only, stating that multiple conflicting definitions of nurse-practitioner functions and responsibilities have been created and that those conflicts may…Section 2835Prohibits any person from advertising or holding themselves out as a “nurse practitioner” unless the person is licensed as a nurse under…Section 2835.5Requires beginning January 1, 2008, an applicant for initial nurse-practitioner qualification or certification who has never been qualified or certified as a…Section 2835.7Allows standardized procedures to authorize a nurse practitioner to order durable medical equipment subject to procedural limits, certify disability after a physical…Section 2836Requires the board to establish nurse-practitioner categories and title-use standards reflecting advanced practice, specified curriculum competencies or an approved successor, education, experience,…Section 2836.1Allows a nurse practitioner to furnish or order drugs and devices, including Schedule II–V controlled substances, under standardized procedures or protocols and…Section 2836.2Defines a nurse practitioner's furnishing or ordering of drugs or devices as making pharmaceutical agents available to a patient in strict accordance…Section 2836.3Requires nurse practitioners furnishing drugs or devices to obtain a board-issued furnishing number, include it on all order transmittals, and renew it…Section 2836.4Allows a nurse practitioner to furnish or order buprenorphine when complying with the federal addiction-recovery law enacted July 22, 2016. Requires at…Section 2836.5Requires the board, when determining continuing-education requirements, to consider including a course addressing infection-associated chronic conditions. Identifies long COVID as defined by…Section 2837Limits the article by providing that nothing in it may be construed to restrict the current scope of practice of a registered…