Bill Text: NH SB83 | 2023 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relative to the signature authority of an advanced practice registered nurse or a certified midwife.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-02 - Signed by the Governor on 06/01/2023; Chapter 0061; Effective 07/31/2023 [SB83 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2023-SB83-Enrolled.html
SB 83 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
2023 SESSION
23-0994
09/04
SENATE BILL 83
AN ACT relative to the signature authority of an advanced practice registered nurse or a certified midwife.
SPONSORS: Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Sen. Chandley, Dist 11; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows an advanced practice registered nurse or certified midwife, acting within the scope of their practice, to certify a document in the place of a physician.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0994
09/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to the signature authority of an advanced practice registered nurse or a certified midwife.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Advanced Practice Registered Nurse; Signature Authority; Certified Midwives. Amend RSA 326-B by inserting after section 46 the following new section:
326-B:47 Signature Authority of a Advanced Practice Registered Nurse or Certified Midwife. When a provision of law or rule requires a signature, certification, stamp, verification, affidavit, or endorsement by a physician, that requirement may be fulfilled by an advanced practice registered nurse certified pursuant to this chapter, or a certified nurse midwife acting within his or her scope of practice and within the advanced practice registered nurse-patient relationship. This section shall not be construed to expand the scope of practice of an advanced practice registered nurse or a certified nurse midwife.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
