Senate Bill sb0556

    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 556

    By Senator Saunders





    37-364-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to nurse practitioners;

  3         amending s. 893.02, F.S.; redefining the term

  4         "practitioner" to include an advanced

  5         registered nurse practitioner; authorizing an

  6         advanced registered nurse practitioner to

  7         prescribe certain controlled substances under

  8         certain circumstances; providing an effective

  9         date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Subsection (19) of section 893.02, Florida

14  Statutes, is amended to read:

15         893.02  Definitions.--The following words and phrases

16  as used in this chapter shall have the following meanings,

17  unless the context otherwise requires:

18         (19)  "Practitioner" means a physician licensed

19  pursuant to chapter 458, a dentist licensed pursuant to

20  chapter 466, a veterinarian licensed pursuant to chapter 474,

21  an osteopathic physician licensed pursuant to chapter 459, a

22  naturopath licensed pursuant to chapter 462, or a podiatric

23  physician licensed pursuant to chapter 461, or an advanced

24  registered nurse practitioner certified pursuant to s. 464.012

25  in accordance with the requirements of this paragraph,

26  provided such practitioner holds a valid federal controlled

27  substance registry number. An advanced registered nurse

28  practitioner certified pursuant to s. 464.012 may prescribe

29  substances listed in Schedule III, Schedule IV, or Schedule V

30  to the extent authorized by a protocol with a physician

31  licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459. In addition to the

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 556
    37-364-07




 1  authority to prescribe controlled substances listed in

 2  Schedule III, Schedule IV, or Schedule V, an advanced

 3  registered nurse practitioner may prescribe or order

 4  substances listed in Schedule II for a patient in a hospital

 5  or hospice to the extent authorized by his or her protocol.

 6         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

 7  law.

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11    Redefines the term "practitioner" to include an advanced
      registered nurse practitioner. Authorizes an advanced
12    registered nurse practitioner to prescribe certain
      controlled substances under certain circumstances.
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