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Currently, an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) must be in a collaborative practice arrangement with a collaborating physician. All collaborative practice arrangements must include geographic proximity requirements, meaning that the APRN must practice within a certain number of miles from the collaborating physician.
This bill removes the geographic proximity requirement.
Currently, it is the responsibility of the collaborating physician to determine and document the completion of at least a one-month period of time during which the APRN must practice with the collaborating physician continuously present before practicing in a setting where the collaborating physician is not continuously present.
This bill removes that requirement.
This bill is similar to HB 392 (2025), HB 763 (2025), and HB 1773 (2024).
Statutes affected: