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Utah Senate advances nurse-practitioner prescribing bill on consent calendar
Summary
Senate placed Substitute Senate Bill 58 (Nurse Practitioner Amendments) on the consent calendar and, after brief presentation by the sponsor, advanced the measure to the House. Sponsor said the bill defines pain clinics and allows advanced practice registered nurses limited authority to prescribe Schedule II drugs under prescribed conditions.
The Utah Senate placed Substitute Senate Bill 58, a package of changes to nurse-practitioner practice and prescribing authority, on the consent calendar and advanced it to the House on March 2, 2016.
Senator Hankins, the Senate sponsor, told colleagues the bill "allows an advanced practice registered nurse to prescribe a Schedule II controlled substance without a…
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