Bill Text: FL S0936 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Autonomous Practice of Certain Psychiatric Nurses

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2024-03-08 - Died in Health Policy [S0936 Detail]

Download: Florida-2024-S0936-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2024                                     SB 936
       
       
        
       By Senator Rodriguez
       
       
       
       
       
       40-01396-24                                            2024936__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to autonomous practice of certain
    3         psychiatric nurses; amending s. 464.0123, F.S.;
    4         authorizing certain advanced practice registered
    5         nurses who are psychiatric nurses to engage in
    6         autonomous practice in mental health practice, as
    7         defined by rule of the Board of Nursing; providing an
    8         effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
   13  464.0123, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         464.0123 Autonomous practice by an advanced practice
   15  registered nurse.—
   16         (3) PRACTICE REQUIREMENTS.—
   17         (a) An advanced practice registered nurse who is registered
   18  under this section may:
   19         1. Engage in autonomous practice only in primary care
   20  practice, including family medicine, general pediatrics, and
   21  general internal medicine, as defined by board rule. If an
   22  advanced practice registered nurse is a psychiatric nurse, he or
   23  she may also engage in autonomous practice in mental health
   24  practice, as defined by board rule.
   25         2. For certified nurse midwives, engage in autonomous
   26  practice in the performance of the acts listed in s.
   27  464.012(4)(c).
   28         3. Perform the general functions of an advanced practice
   29  registered nurse under s. 464.012(3) related to primary care.
   30         4. For a patient who requires the services of a health care
   31  facility, as defined in s. 408.032(8):
   32         a. Admit the patient to the facility.
   33         b. Manage the care received by the patient in the facility.
   34         c. Discharge the patient from the facility, unless
   35  prohibited by federal law or rule.
   36         5. Provide a signature, certification, stamp, verification,
   37  affidavit, or endorsement that is otherwise required by law to
   38  be provided by a physician, except an advanced practice
   39  registered nurse registered under this section may not issue a
   40  physician certification under s. 381.986.
   41         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.