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BRN draft FAQs tightened; committee votes to adopt with abortion-services language removed pending legal review
Summary
The Nurse Midwifery Advisory Committee reviewed a substantially revised FAQ for nurse-midwife practice on the BRN website; the committee voted to adopt the updated FAQs with two changes: (1) edit scope language to match statute and (2) remove the FAQ on abortion services pending further legal review and clarification.
Loretta Melby, executive officer of the Board of Registered Nursing, presented proposed revisions to the board's nurse-midwife frequently asked questions and asked the committee for feedback. The revisions reflect changes to state law and aim to clarify practice issues such as low-risk definitions, mutual policies and protocols with physicians, furnishing controlled substances and lab-director provisions.
Melby and board legal counsel Reza Pejuez repeatedly emphasized the limits on the board's authority to interpret statute, noting FAQ language must stay tied to statutory text. The draft FAQ clarified that nurse midwives may provide care defined as "low risk" without mutually agreed-upon policies and protocols, but that care…
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