Indiana Administrative Code
Title 848 - INDIANA STATE BOARD OF NURSING
Article 5 - PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING
Rule 1 - Prescriptive Authority
Section 1-3 - Renewal of authority to prescribe legend drugs

Universal Citation: 848 IN Admin Code 1-3

Current through March 20, 2024

Authority: IC 25-23-1-7

Affected: IC 25-23-1

Sec. 3.

(a) Prescriptive authority for the advanced practice nurse expires on October 31 in each odd-numbered year. Failure to renew the prescriptive authority on or before the expiration date will automatically render the authority invalid without any action by the board.

(b) A notice of expiration and instructions for renewal of the authority to prescribe legend drugs will be mailed in odd-numbered years with the renewal for registered nurse licensure.

(c) Applicants for renewal of the prescriptive authority shall pay a renewal fee in addition to the fee for renewal of the registered nurse license.

(d) The notice of expiration for renewal of the prescriptive authority shall be mailed to the last known address of the licensee. Failure to receive the application for renewal shall not relieve the licensee of the responsibility for renewing the registered nurse license and the authorization to prescribe by the renewal date.

(e) Applicants for renewal of prescriptive authority shall submit the following to the board along with the renewal form and fee:

(1) Proof of at least thirty (30) actual contact hours of continuing education during the two (2) years immediately preceding renewal, including at least eight (8) actual contact hours of pharmacology, approved by a nationally approved sponsor of continuing education for nurses.

(2) A current signed and dated written collaborative practice agreement that contains all of the information required under section 1 of this rule.

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