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Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 2. Business § 457-8.6

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The board shall grant prescriptive authority to qualified advanced practice registered nurses and shall designate the requirements for advanced nursing practice related to prescriptive authority. The board shall determine the exclusionary formulary for qualified advanced practice registered nurses who are granted prescriptive authority.

(b) The board shall establish requirements for advanced practice registered nurses' education, experience, and national certification pursuant to rules adopted in accordance with chapter 91.

(c) Advanced practice registered nurses shall be considered qualified if they have met the requirements of section 457-8.5(a), and have met the advanced pharmacology requirements for initial prescriptive authority pursuant to rules adopted by the board. Only qualified advanced practice registered nurses authorized to diagnose, prescribe, and institute therapy or referrals of patients to health care agencies, health care providers, and community resources and, only as appropriate to the practice specialty in which the advanced practice registered nurse is qualified, may:

(1) Prescribe and administer over the counter drugs, legend drugs, and controlled substances pursuant to this chapter and to chapter 329 and request, receive, and dispense manufacturers' prepackaged samples of over the counter drugs, and non-controlled legend drugs to patients under their care; provided that an advanced practice registered nurse shall not request, receive, or sign for professional controlled substance samples;

(2) Prescribe, order, and dispense medical devices and equipment; and

(3) Plan and initiate a therapeutic regimen that includes nutritional, diagnostic, and supportive services including home health care, hospice, and physical and occupational therapy.

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