Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-567.4c
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Advanced Practice Registered Nurse — Application for
Official statutory text
prescriptive authority — Requirements.
A. An Advanced Practice Registered Nurse recognized by the
Oklahoma Board of Nursing as a Certified Nurse Practitioner,
Clinical Nurse Specialist, or Certified Nurse-Midwife who has
completed a minimum of six thousand two hundred forty (6,240)
clinical practice hours with prescriptive authority supervised by a
physician may apply to the Oklahoma Board of Nursing for authority
to prescribe and order independent of supervision.
B. The application for independent prescriptive authority shall
include proof that the Certified Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Nurse
Specialist, or Certified Nurse-Midwife:
1. Holds a valid, current license in the appropriate Advanced
Practice Registered Nurse role issued by the Board and is in good
standing with the Board; and
2. Has completed a minimum of six thousand two hundred forty
(6,240) clinical practice hours with prescriptive authority
supervised by a physician. This paragraph shall not be construed to
exclude practice hours with supervised prescriptive authority
obtained prior to the effective date of this act from being counted
toward the hours required in this paragraph.
C. Independent prescriptive authority granted under this
section shall be valid until the expiration of the current license
to practice and may be renewed upon application to the Board at the
same time and for the same period as the renewal of the license to
practice.
D. The Board may suspend or revoke independent prescriptive
authority granted under this section in accordance with the
Administrative Procedures Act for violation of the provisions of, or
the rules promulgated under, the Oklahoma Nursing Practice Act.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 568
E. The Board may assess a reasonable fee for the review of
initial and renewal applications under the provisions of this
section.
A. An Advanced Practice Registered Nurse recognized by the
Oklahoma Board of Nursing as a Certified Nurse Practitioner,
Clinical Nurse Specialist, or Certified Nurse-Midwife who has
completed a minimum of six thousand two hundred forty (6,240)
clinical practice hours with prescriptive authority supervised by a
physician may apply to the Oklahoma Board of Nursing for authority
to prescribe and order independent of supervision.
B. The application for independent prescriptive authority shall
include proof that the Certified Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Nurse
Specialist, or Certified Nurse-Midwife:
1. Holds a valid, current license in the appropriate Advanced
Practice Registered Nurse role issued by the Board and is in good
standing with the Board; and
2. Has completed a minimum of six thousand two hundred forty
(6,240) clinical practice hours with prescriptive authority
supervised by a physician. This paragraph shall not be construed to
exclude practice hours with supervised prescriptive authority
obtained prior to the effective date of this act from being counted
toward the hours required in this paragraph.
C. Independent prescriptive authority granted under this
section shall be valid until the expiration of the current license
to practice and may be renewed upon application to the Board at the
same time and for the same period as the renewal of the license to
practice.
D. The Board may suspend or revoke independent prescriptive
authority granted under this section in accordance with the
Administrative Procedures Act for violation of the provisions of, or
the rules promulgated under, the Oklahoma Nursing Practice Act.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 568
E. The Board may assess a reasonable fee for the review of
initial and renewal applications under the provisions of this
section.
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