Bill Text: WV HB4111 | 2022 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the prescriptive authority of advance practice registered nurses
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-03-12 - Communicated to Senate [HB4111 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2022-HB4111-Comm_Sub.html
WEST virginia legislature
2022 regular session
Committee Substitute
for
House Bill 4111
By Delegates Rohrbach, D. Jeffries, Summers, Reed, G. Ward, Bates, Rowan, Forsht, Mallow, and Worrell
[Introduced January 17, 2022; referred to the Committee on Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend and reenact §30-3E-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact §30-7-15a of said code, all relating to clarifying prescriptive authority of physicians assistants and registered professional nurses.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 3E. PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS PRACTICE ACT.
§30-3E-3. Rulemaking.
(a) The boards shall propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of §29A-3-1 et seq. of this code to implement the provisions of this article, including:
(1) The extent to which physician assistants may practice in this state;
(2) The extent to which physician assistants may pronounce death;
(3) Requirements for licenses and temporary licenses;
(4) Requirements for practice notifications;
(5) Requirements for continuing education;
(6) Conduct of a licensee for which discipline may be imposed;
(7) A fee schedule; and
(8) Any other rules necessary to effectuate the provisions of this article.
(b) The boards may propose emergency rules pursuant to §29A-3-1 et seq. of this code to ensure conformity with this article.
(c) (1) A physician assistant may:
(A) Not prescribe a Schedule I.
(B) Prescribe a 3 day supply of a Schedule II narcotic;
(2) There are no other limitations on a physician assistant’s prescribing authority, except as provided in §16-54-1 et seq.
ARTICLE 7. REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSES.
§30-7-15a. Prescriptive authority for prescription drugs; coordination with Board of Pharmacy; rule-making authority.
(a) An advanced practice registered nurse may:
(1) Not prescribe a Schedule I.
(2) Prescribe a 3 day supply of a Schedule II narcotic;
(b) There are no other limitations on an advanced practice registered nurse’s prescribing authority, except as provided in §16-54-1 et seq.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to clean up the code concerning prescriptive authority of physicians assistants and advance practice registered nurses.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
