Florida Senate - 2016                                     SB 946
       
       
        
       By Senator Grimsley
       
       
       
       
       
       21-01380-16                                            2016946__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to authorized practices of advanced
    3         registered nurse practitioners and licensed physician
    4         assistants; amending s. 464.012, F.S.; authorizing an
    5         advanced registered nurse practitioner to order
    6         medication for administration to patients in specified
    7         facilities; amending s. 893.05, F.S.; authorizing a
    8         licensed practitioner to authorize a licensed
    9         physician assistant or advanced registered nurse
   10         practitioner to order controlled substances for
   11         administration to patients in specified facilities
   12         under certain circumstances; reenacting ss. 401.445(1)
   13         and 766.103(3), F.S., to incorporate the amendment
   14         made to s. 464.012, F.S., in references thereto;
   15         reenacting s. 893.0551(3)(d), F.S., to incorporate the
   16         amendment made to s. 893.05, F.S., in a reference
   17         thereto; providing an effective date.
   18          
   19  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   20  
   21         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
   22  464.012, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   23         464.012 Certification of advanced registered nurse
   24  practitioners; fees.—
   25         (3) An advanced registered nurse practitioner shall perform
   26  those functions authorized in this section within the framework
   27  of an established protocol that is filed with the board upon
   28  biennial license renewal and within 30 days after entering into
   29  a supervisory relationship with a physician or changes to the
   30  protocol. The board shall review the protocol to ensure
   31  compliance with applicable regulatory standards for protocols.
   32  The board shall refer to the department licensees submitting
   33  protocols that are not compliant with the regulatory standards
   34  for protocols. A practitioner currently licensed under chapter
   35  458, chapter 459, or chapter 466 shall maintain supervision for
   36  directing the specific course of medical treatment. Within the
   37  established framework, an advanced registered nurse practitioner
   38  may:
   39         (a) Monitor and alter drug therapies and order any
   40  medication for administration to a patient in a facility
   41  licensed under chapter 395 or part II of chapter 400.
   42         Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 893.05, Florida
   43  Statutes, is amended to read:
   44         893.05 Practitioners and persons administering controlled
   45  substances in their absence.—
   46         (1)(a) A practitioner, in good faith and in the course of
   47  his or her professional practice only, may prescribe,
   48  administer, dispense, mix, or otherwise prepare a controlled
   49  substance, or the practitioner may cause the controlled
   50  substance same to be administered by a licensed nurse or an
   51  intern practitioner under his or her direction and supervision
   52  only.
   53         (b) Pursuant to s. 458.347(4)(g), s. 459.022(4)(f), or s.
   54  464.012(3), as applicable, a practitioner who supervises a
   55  licensed physician assistant or advanced registered nurse
   56  practitioner may authorize the licensed physician assistant or
   57  advanced registered nurse practitioner to order controlled
   58  substances for administration to a patient in a facility
   59  licensed under chapter 395 or part II of chapter 400.
   60         (c) A veterinarian may so prescribe, administer, dispense,
   61  mix, or prepare a controlled substance for use on animals only,
   62  and may cause the controlled substance it to be administered by
   63  an assistant or orderly only under the veterinarian’s direction
   64  and supervision only.
   65         (d) A certified optometrist licensed under chapter 463 may
   66  not administer or prescribe a controlled substance listed in
   67  Schedule I or Schedule II of s. 893.03.
   68         Section 3. Subsection (1) of s. 401.445 and subsection (3)
   69  of s. 766.103, Florida Statutes, are reenacted for the purpose
   70  of incorporating the amendment made by this act to s. 464.012,
   71  Florida Statutes, in references thereto.
   72         Section 4. Paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of s. 893.0551,
   73  Florida Statutes, is reenacted for the purpose of incorporating
   74  the amendment made by this act to s. 893.05, Florida Statutes,
   75  in a reference thereto.
   76         Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.