Florida Senate - 2023 SB 1058
By Senator Rodriguez
40-00461A-23 20231058__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to autonomous practice by advanced
3 practice registered nurses; amending s. 395.0191,
4 F.S.; exempting certain advanced practice registered
5 nurses from specified medical direction requirements
6 for clinical privileges in hospitals; amending s.
7 464.0123, F.S.; revising the scope of autonomous
8 practice for certain advanced practice registered
9 nurses; revising requirements for certified nurse
10 midwives registered to engage in autonomous practice;
11 providing for the future expiration of the Council on
12 Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Autonomous
13 Practice; providing an effective date.
14
15 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
16
17 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
18 395.0191, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19 395.0191 Staff membership and clinical privileges.—
20 (2)
21 (b) An advanced practice registered nurse who is certified
22 as a registered nurse anesthetist licensed under part I of
23 chapter 464 shall administer anesthesia under the onsite medical
24 direction of a professional licensed under chapter 458, chapter
25 459, or chapter 466, and in accordance with an established
26 protocol approved by the medical staff. The medical direction
27 shall specifically address the needs of the individual patient.
28 This paragraph does not apply to an advanced practice registered
29 nurse registered as an autonomous advanced practice registered
30 nurse under s. 464.0123 who is a certified registered nurse
31 anesthetist under part I of chapter 464.
32 Section 2. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (3) of
33 section 464.0123, Florida Statutes, are amended, and paragraph
34 (e) is added to subsection (4) of that section, to read:
35 464.0123 Autonomous practice by an advanced practice
36 registered nurse.—
37 (3) PRACTICE REQUIREMENTS.—
38 (a) An advanced practice registered nurse who is registered
39 under this section may:
40 1. Engage in autonomous practice only in primary care
41 practice, including family medicine, general pediatrics, and
42 general internal medicine, as defined by board rule.
43 2. For certified nurse midwives, engage in autonomous
44 practice in the performance of the acts listed in s.
45 464.012(4)(c).
46 3. Perform the general functions of an advanced practice
47 registered nurse under s. 464.012(3) and the acts within his or
48 her specialty under s. 464.012(4) related to primary care.
49 3.4. For a patient who requires the services of a health
50 care facility, as defined in s. 408.032(8):
51 a. Admit the patient to the facility.
52 b. Manage the care received by the patient in the facility.
53 c. Discharge the patient from the facility, unless
54 prohibited by federal law or rule.
55 4.5. Provide a signature, certification, stamp,
56 verification, affidavit, or endorsement that is otherwise
57 required by law to be provided by a physician, except an
58 advanced practice registered nurse registered under this section
59 may not issue a physician certification under s. 381.986.
60 (b) A certified nurse midwife providing out-of-hospital
61 birth services must have a written plan for the appropriate
62 delivery of emergency care. A copy of the plan must be
63 maintained on file and must include all of the following:
64 1. The name and address of the closest hospital.
65 2. Reasons for which an emergency transfer may be required.
66 3. Emergency medical services to be used in the event of an
67 emergency patient transfer agreement with a hospital and a
68 written referral agreement with a physician licensed under
69 chapter 458 or chapter 459 to engage in nurse midwifery.
70 (4) COUNCIL ON ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSE
71 AUTONOMOUS PRACTICE.—
72 (e) The council shall dissolve, and this subsection
73 expires, on July 1, 2024.
74 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.