SPONSOR: Brown (16)
Current law provides controlled substance prescriptive authority to certain advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) who are delegated the authority to prescribe controlled substance under a collaborative practice arrangement, including for Schedule II medications, which are currently restricted to only those medications containing hydrocodone and Schedule II substances for hospice patients.
This bill extends that restriction to include patients of providers that have been designated as administrative entities by the Department of Mental Health, and also permits physician assistants the authority to administer such substances to hospice patients and those patients of providers designated as administrative entities.
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