South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY
Article 20:48 - NURSES
Chapter 20:48:04 - The practice of nursing
Section 20:48:04:09 - Scope and standards of nurse anesthetist practice - Prescriptive Authority
A nurse anesthetist who holds an active, unencumbered license in this state is authorized to prescribe, procure, administer, and furnish pharmacological agents, including receiving and distributing samples to clients, within the role of a nurse anesthetist and in accordance with applicable state and federal laws.
Prescribing includes the act of generating written or oral direction, reduced to writing, to or for an individual for the preparation of. use of, or manner of using a drug or therapeutic device which is required by the federal Food and Drug Administration to meet the labeling requirements for prescription drugs and devices.
A drug sample means a prepackaged unit of a prescription drug supplied by the manufacturer and provided at no charge to the client. A nurse anesthetist may provide prepackaged, labeled drug samples to patients for conditions being treated by the nurse anesthetist. Each sample drug shall be accompanied by written administration instructions,
Prescriptive authority may be modified, denied, suspended or terminated pursuant to SDCL 36-9-49 and in compliance with SDCL 1 -26 when a licensee has prescribed outside the role of a nurse anesthetist, prescribed for other than therapeutic purposes, or violated any state or federal law or regulation applicable to prescriptions or prescribing.
General Authority: SDCL 36-9-3.1.
Law Implemented: SDCL 36-9-3.1. 1-26, 34-20B. 34-20E. 36-9-49(5), (7), and (10).
