SB 1014 (2012) -  Health Care

by Bennett
Requiring that a licensed health care practitioner wear a name tag indicating licensure credentials when rendering health care services; authorizing the Board of Optometry to adopt rules for the administration and prescription of ocular pharmaceutical agents rather than topical ocular pharmaceutical agents; expanding the scope of practice to authorize an advanced registered nurse practitioner to order, administer, monitor, and alter any drug or drug therapies that are necessary for the proper medical care and treatment of a patient under specified circumstances; authorizing a certified registered nurse anesthetist, while participating in the management of a patient in the postanesthesia recovery area, to order the administration of drugs that are commonly used to alleviate pain, etc.
Effective Date: except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2012
Last Event: 03/09/12 S Died in Health Regulation on Friday, March 9, 2012 11:59 PM

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  • Health Regulation
  • Judiciary
  • Budget

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Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Health Regulation Time: 03/09/2012 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 83 Time: 01/10/2012 - 8:28 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Health Regulation; Judiciary; Budget -SJ 83 Time: 12/08/2011 - 11:20 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 11/18/2011 - 9:29 AM Member: Committee: Version: __