Alabama Administrative Code
Title 610 - ALABAMA BOARD OF NURSING
Chapter 610-X-5 - ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING - COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE
Section 610-X-5-.23 - Prescriptions And Medication Orders By Certified Nurse Midwives
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 02, November 27, 2024
(1) Certified nurse midwives engaged in collaborative practice with physicians may be granted prescriptive authority upon submission of evidence of completion of an academic course in pharmacology or evidence of integration of pharmacology theory and clinical application in the certified nurse midwifery curriculum.
(2) Certified nurse midwives practicing under protocols approved in the manner prescribed by Code of Ala. 1975, section 34-21-80 et seq. may prescribe legend drugs to their patients, subject to the following conditions:
(3) A certified nurse midwife shall not initiate a call-in prescription in the name of a collaborating physician for any drug, whether legend or controlled substance, which the certified nurse midwife is not authorized to prescribe under the protocol signed by the collaborating physician and certified nurse midwife and approved under this section unless the drug is specifically ordered for the patient by the physician, either in writing or by a verbal order which has been transcribed in writing, and which has been signed by the physician within seven working days or as otherwise specified by the Board of Nursing and the State Board of Medical Examiners.
(4) A written prescription for any drug that the certified nurse midwife is authorized to prescribe may be called in to a pharmacy, provided the prescription is entered into the patient's record and signed by the certified nurse midwife.
(5) The certified nurse midwife in collaborative practice with prescriptive privileges shall not engage in prescribing for:
(6) The certified nurse midwife who is in collaborative practice and has prescriptive privileges may receive and sign for samples of legend drugs that are authorized in the approved formulary for the collaborative practice, provided the certified nurse midwife complies with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations.
(7) When prescribing legend drugs a certified nurse midwife shall use a prescription format that includes all of the following:
Rule .22 was renumbered to .23 as per certification filed July 2, 2015; effective August 6, 2015.
Author: Alabama Board of Nursing
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 34-21-85, 34-21-87.