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S163 would recognize APRNs as potential attending providers in hospital statutes
Summary
S163 aims to update hospital statutes to recognize Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) as attending providers, add APRNs across patient bill of rights and licensure language, clarify appeals/discipline procedures and make limited statutory changes without expanding APRN scope of practice, according to counsel.
John Pargain (Office of Legislative Council) introduced S163, a bill that would update statutory language in Vermont's hospital patient bill of rights and hospital licensure statutes to recognize Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) in specified roles.
Pargain said existing statutes in multiple places refer only to an "attending physician"; S163 would add APRNs where…
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