SB114 Alabama 2020 Session

Updated Feb 12, 2020

Senate Bill

Expired

Current Status

Regular Session 2020

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Jim McClendon
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2020
Title: Nurses, certified register nurse practioner and nurse midwife, collaboration agreements, ratio of physician to nurses, delete patient auth. to select provided, Sec. 34-21-87 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, a certified registered nurse practitioner and a certified nurse midwife practice pursuant to a collaboration agreement with a physician pursuant to practice protocols provided by the Joint Committee of the Board of Medical Examiners and the Board of Nursing for Advance Practice Nurses. The joint committee is required to recommend rules establishing the ratio of physicians to certified registered nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives.
This bill would delete this required rule recommendation. This bill would also specify that no limit would be placed on a patient's ability to select a certified registered nurse practitioner or a certified nurse midwife.
Subjects: Nurses and Nursing