West Virginia House Bill 2881 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on January 27 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-27 - To House Health and Human Resources
Pending: House Health & Human Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses to govern and regulate the practice of advanced nurse practitioners. The bill sets forth the conditions under which advanced nurse practitioners may prescribe drugs. The bill removes the prohibition of advanced nurse practitioners not being able to prescribing drugs listed in Schedules I and II of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act. The bill removes the requirement that the advanced nurse practitioner have an undergraduate degree in the sciences or arts and replaces it with the requirement that he or she have a graduate degree from an accredited nursing school. The bill also grants rulemaking authority.

Authorizing the Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses to govern the practice of advanced nurse practitioners

Del. Denise Campbell [D]	Del. Barbara Hatfield [D]	Del. Linda Longstreth [D]	Del. Dale Martin [D]
Del. Jim Morgan [D]	Del. Ricky Moye [D]	Del. Margaret Staggers [D]	Del. Dale Stephens [D]
Del. Randal Swartzmiller [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-27		To House Health and Human Resources
2011-01-27		Introduced in House
2011-01-27		To Health and Human Resources then Government Organization
2011-01-27		Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
30	7	15a	Amended Code	Citation Text
30	7	15b	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2881&year=2011&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2881%20intr.htm&yr=2011&sesstype=RS&i=2881