Limitations on prescriptive authority for advanced practice registered nurses.
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(1) This section does not apply to an advanced practice registered nurse specializing as a certified registered nurse anesthetist under Subsection 58-31b-102(14)(d).
(2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), an advanced practice registered nurse may prescribe or administer a Schedule II controlled substance.
(3) An advanced practice registered nurse described in Subsection (4) may not prescribe or administer a Schedule II controlled substance unless the advanced practice registered nurse:
(a) receives a board certification from a nationally recognized organization;
(b) completes at least 30 hours of instruction, or the equivalent number of credit hours, pertaining to advanced pharmacology during a graduate education program;
(c) when obtaining licensure with the division, demonstrates completion of at least seven hours of continuing education pertaining to prescribing opioids; and
(d) participates in a prescribing mentorship under which the advanced practice registered nurse:
(i) is mentored by:
(A) a physician licensed in accordance with this title; or
(B) an advance practice registered nurse who has been licensed at least three years; and
(ii) periodically provides the mentor described in Subsection (4)(d)(i) timesheets that, in total, demonstrate 1,000 hours of clinical experience.
(4) Subsection (3) applies to an advanced practice registered nurse who:
(a) is engaged in independent solo practice; and
(b)
(i) has been licensed as an advanced practice registered nurse for less than one year; or
(ii) has less than 2,000 hours of experience practicing as a licensed advanced practice registered nurse.