HB4156 HFA Cowles 3-9 #1
CR 3338
Delegate Cowles moved to amend the amendment bill on page 2, before §30-7-5 by inserting §30-7-1 to read as follows:
Ҥ30-7-1. Definitions.
As used in this article:
(a) “Advanced practice registered nurse” means a
registered nurse who has acquired advanced clinical knowledge and skills
preparing him or her to provide direct and indirect care to patients as a
certified nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, certified registered
nurse anesthetist, or clinical nurse specialist, who has completed a
board-approved graduate-level education program and who has passed a
board-approved national certification examination.
(b) “Board” means the West Virginia Board of
Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses;
(c) “Collaborative relationship” means a working
relationship, structured through a written agreement, in which an advanced
practice registered nurse may prescribe drugs in collaboration with a qualified
physician;
(d) “Practice of registered professional nursing”
or “registered professional nursing” means the performance for compensation of
any service requiring substantial specialized judgment and skill based on
knowledge and application of principles of nursing derived from the biological,
physical and social sciences, such as responsible supervision of a patient
requiring skill in observation of symptoms and reactions and the accurate
recording of the facts, or the supervision and teaching of other persons with
respect to such principles of nursing, or in the administration of medications
and treatments as prescribed by a licensed physician, a licensed dentist or a
licensed advanced practice registered nurse, or the application of such nursing
procedures as involve understanding of cause and effect in order to safeguard
life and health of a patient and others; and
(e) “Temporary permit” means a permit authorizing
the holder to practice registered professional nursing in this state until such
permit is no longer effective or the holder is granted a license by the West
Virginia State Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses.
Adopted
Rejected