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HB443 Alabama 2018 Session

Updated Apr 26, 2021
HB443 Alabama 2018 Session
House Bill
In Committee
Current Status
Regular Session 2018
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2018
Title
Nurse practitioners, to enable nurse practitioners to practice without collaborating with a physician, Secs. 34-21-80, 34-21-83, 34-21-92, 34-21-93 repealed; Secs. 20-2-250, 20-2-252, 20-2-254, 34-21-81, 34-21-84, 34-21-85, 34-21-86, 34-21-87, 34-21-88, 34-21-90 am'd.
Description

Existing law requires nurse practitioners and nurse midwives to practice in collaboration with physicians.

This bill would enable nurse practitioners and nurse midwives to practice within the scope permitted by the Board of Nursing and to prescribe medications within the scope permitted by the Board of Medical Examiners and the Board of Nursing without requiring them to practice in collaboration with a physician.

Subjects
Nurse Practitioners

Bill Actions

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health

Bill Text

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature