Wisconsin Administrative Code
Board of Nursing
Chapter N 8 - Certification Of Advanced Practice Nurse Prescribers
Section N 8.01 - Authority and intent

(1) The rules in this chapter are adopted pursuant to authority of ss. 15.08(5) (b), 227.11(2) and 441.16, Stats., and interpret s. 441.16, Stats.

(2) The intent of the board of nursing in adopting rules in this chapter is to specify education, training or experience that a registered nurse must satisfy to call himself or herself an advanced practice nurse; to establish appropriate education, training and examination requirements that an advanced practice nurse must satisfy to qualify for a certificate to issue prescription orders; to define the scope of practice within which an advanced practice nurse prescriber may issue prescription orders; to specify the classes of drugs, individual drugs or devices that may not be prescribed by an advanced practice nurse prescriber; to specify the conditions to be met for a registered nurse to administer a drug prescribed or directed by an advanced practice nurse prescriber; to establish procedures for maintaining a certificate to issue prescription orders, including requirements for continuing education; and to establish the minimum amount of malpractice insurance required of an advanced practice nurse prescriber.