| (a) To be issued a prescription authorization number
to prescribe or order a drug or device, a registered nurse (RN) shall:
(1) have full licensure from the Board to practice
as an APRN. RNs with Interim Approval to practice as APRNs are not
eligible for prescriptive authority; and
(2) file a complete application for Prescriptive Authority
and submit such evidence as required by the Board to verify successful
completion of graduate level courses in advanced pharmacotherapeutics,
advanced pathophysiology, advanced health assessment, and diagnosis
and management of diseases and conditions within the role and population
focus area.
(A) Nurse Practitioners, Nurse-Midwives, and Nurse
Anesthetists will be considered to have met the course requirements
of this section on the basis of courses completed in the advanced
practice nursing educational program.
(B) Clinical Nurse Specialists shall submit documentation
of successful completion of separate, dedicated, graduate level courses
in the content areas described in paragraph (2) of this subsection.
These courses shall be academic courses with a minimum of 45 clock
hours per course from a nursing program accredited by an organization
recognized by the Board.
(C) Clinical Nurse Specialists who were previously
approved by the Board as APRNs by petition on the basis of completion
of a non-nursing master's degree shall not be eligible for prescriptive
authority.
(b) APRNs applying for prescriptive authority on the
basis of endorsement of advanced practice licensure and prescriptive
authority issued in another state must provide evidence that all education
requirements for prescriptive authority in this state have been met.
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