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House adopts compromise substitute to Nurse Practice Act requiring consultation for solo APRNs and pain‑clinic practitioners
Summary
Lawmakers passed a substitute to HB 336 that narrows which advanced practice registered nurses must maintain consultation/referral agreements: new solo practitioners and those operating in pain clinics will need agreements with a physician or an APRN with three years’ experience; the substitute passed the House and will go to the Senate.
The Utah House adopted a substitute version of House Bill 336 on Feb. 26 that modifies consultation and referral requirements under the Nurse Practice Act for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs).
Representative Dunnigan, sponsor of the substitute, described the text as a compromise between nurse‑practitioner interests and physician stakeholders, saying the substitute was intended to be a middle ground. Under the substitute, APRNs who open in solo practice or…
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