54-05-03.1-09. Requirements for prescriptive authority.

Applicants for prescriptive authority shall:

1. Be currently licensed as an advanced practice registered nurse in North Dakota.

2. Submit a complete, notarized prescriptive authority application and pay the fee of seventy-five dollars.

3. Submit a completed transcript with degree posted from an accredited graduate level advanced practice registered nurse program and which includes evidence of completion of advanced pharmacotherapy, physical assessment, and pathophysiology.

4. Provide evidence of completion of thirty contact hours of education or equivalent in pharmacotherapy related to the applicant's scope of advanced practice that: a. Have been obtained within a three-year period of time immediately prior to the date of application for prescriptive authority; or b. May otherwise be approved by the board.

History: Effective March 1, 1992; amended effective November 1, 1996; December 1, 1997; April 1, 2004; March 24, 2004; April 1, 2011; October 1, 2011; July 1, 2020.

General Authority: NDCC 43-12.1-08

Law Implemented: NDCC 43-12.1-02(7), 43-12.1-09(2)(c)(d)