HB683 Alabama 2012 Session

Existing law provides for the licensure of certified registered nurse practitioners and the State Board of Medical Examiners established the qualifications for physicians engaged in collaborative practice with certified registered nurse practitioners

This bill would allow for the prescribing of certain schedules of controlled substances; would provide for qualifications to obtain a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate (QACSC) and prescription authority; would certify the State Board of Medical Examiners to register and approve certified registered nurse practitioners to obtain or renew a QACSC and would authorize the board to adopt regulations regarding the application procedures, fees, fines, punishment, and conduct for any disciplinary hearings for certified registered nurse practitioners applying for or in possession of a QACSC; would provide for denials of application and disciplinary action; would provide for an appeals process; would provide for the board to charge and collect fees, costs, and expenses; and would provide for immunity

Existing law provides for limited access to the controlled substances prescription database and a surcharge on a controlled substance registration certificate

This bill would provide for access by a certified registered nurse practitioner with a QACSC and payment of the surcharge on each QACSC

Relating to certified registered nurse practitioners; to add a new Article 3B to Chapter 2 to Title o the Code of Alabama 1975, to allow for the prescribing of certain schedules of controlled substances by certified registered nurse practitioners in collaboration with certain physicians; to provide qualifications of certified registered nurse practitioners to obtain a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate (QACSC); to provide for prescriptive authority of certified registered nurse practitioners in possession of a QACSC; to certify the State Board of Medical Examiners to register and approve certified registered nurse practitioners to obtain or renew a QACSC ; to authorize the board to adopt regulations regarding the application procedures, fees, fines, punishment, and conduct for any disciplinary hearings for certified registered nurse practitioners applying for or in possession of a QACSC; to provide for denials of applications and for disciplinary action; to provide for an appeals process; to provide for the board to charge and collect fees, costs, and expenses; to provide for immunity; to amend Sections 20-2-214 and 20-2-217 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the controlled substances prescription database; to provide for access by a certified registered nurse practitioner with a QACSC; and to provide for payment of the surcharge on each QACSC.