HB4334 SFAT Leonhardt 3-10 #3

Bailey 7965

Senator Leonhardt moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. House Bill 4334 -- A BILL to repeal §30-15-1, §30-15-2, §30-15-3, §30-15-4, §30-15-5, §30-15-6, §30-15-7, §30-15-7a, §30-15-7b, §30-15-7c and §30-15-8, of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §16-5-19 of said code; to amend and reenact §30-7-1, §30-7-2, §30-7-4, §30-7-6, §30-7-7, §30-7-15a, §30-7-15b and §30-7-15c of said code; and to amend said code by adding thereto two new sections, designated §30-7-15d and §30-7-15e, all relating to the licensure and authority of advanced practice registered nurses; providing advanced practice registered nurses authority relating to death certificates; updating and adding definitions; requiring a license to practice as an advanced practice registered nurse; modifying license requirements for an advanced practice registered nurse; modifying prerequisites and application requirements for prescriptive authority; providing for emergency rule-making authority; modifying prescriptive authority of certain controlled substances; providing for collaborative relationship and agreement requirements; modifying the requirements for application for prescription authority; authorizing advanced practice registered nurses be granted prescriptive authority without the requirement of a collaborative agreement upon application and satisfying of certain prerequisites; requiring Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses make a biennial report to the Governor and the Legislative Oversight Commission for Health and Human Resources; eliminating required qualifications of the executive secretary to the Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses; creating the Joint Advisory Council on Limited Prescriptive Authority and providing for composition and duties; and providing advance practice registered nurses with certain signatory authority on health care related documents.