Prescriptive Authority for Nurses

N. H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §326-B: 10(II) as amended.

See Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 26, §§1571–1584 (1983).

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 26, §2022(7) (1983).

Vt. Admin. Comp. (Vt. Board of Nursing) § N 11.04(B)(3) (1983).

Utah Code Ann. §58-3la-2 (Supp. 1983).

Wash. Admin. Code R. 308-120-410, 440, 450 (1980).

Tenn. Admin. Comp. ch. 1000-4-.03.

Tenn. Admin. Comp. ch. 1000-4-.03(2).

An exception is the Colorado Child Health Associate Law which lists categories of drugs from which a child health associate, who need not be a nurse, may prescribe with the approval of the Colorado medical board. Colo. Rev. Stat. §§12-31-102(2), 3(2) (1978).

Wash. Rev. Code Ann. §18.88280(16) (1978).

Idaho Board of Nursing, Minimum Standards, Rules and Regulations §§3-4007.03-.04.

See Standards of Practice for Nurse-Midwifery in the State of Mississippi (promulgated by the Mississippi State Board of Nursing, October 3, 1983).

Vt. Admin. Comp. §N 11.04(B)(3) (1983).

This is true even though the telephone prescription of certain controlled substances must be followed by a written prescription within 24 hours.

S.C. Code Ann. §44-53-395 (Law Co-op. Supp. 1983).

Gen R.I. . Laws §5-37-19 (1976).

Sermchief v Gonzales, 660 S. W.2d 683 (Mo. banc 1983). See Wolf M.A. , Court Upholds Expanded Practice Roles for Nurses, Law, Medicine & Health Care 12(1): 26 (February 1984); Greenlaw J. , Sermchief v. Gonzales and the Need for Expanded Practice Legislation, Law, Medicine & Health Care 12(1): 30 (February 1984).

Mo. Rev. Stat. §335.016.8 (1984).

Sermchief v. Gonzales, supra note 17, at 690.

Id. at 689–90.

Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. §30-87a(b) (West Supp. 1983–1984).

For example, the statutory authority for nurse-midwifery practice is uncertain in only two of the 53 United States jurisdictions, as of November 1983. See Special Issue on Legislation, Journal of Nurse-Midwifery 29(2): 1 (March/April 1984) (Table 1).

See Letter from the California Nurses Association to Consortium for Nurse-Midwifery, October 11, 1983.

Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. §32-1921(2) (Supp. 1977–1983).

See supra note 1, and accompanying text.

Fla. Stat. Ann. §458.331(1)(dd) (West Supp. 1983).