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Senate panel opens review of S.163 to add APRNs as attending providers in hospitals
Summary
On Jan. 27 witnesses including the Vermont Nurse Practitioners Association and a nurse midwife told the Senate Health & Welfare Committee S.163 is intended to update statutory language to reflect existing APRN practice in hospitals, improve data capture and support continuity, while OPR recommended removing a clause requiring physician consultation 'at all times'; the committee scheduled follow-up testimony from OPR, the Board of Medical Practice and hospital representatives.
Legislative counsel and clinician witnesses told the Senate Health and Welfare Committee on Jan. 27 that S.163 is intended to align hospital statutes with the existing practice of advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), but several procedural and liability questions remain.
Jen Harvey of the Office of Legislative Counsel summarized the bill as adding a definition for "advanced practice registered nurse" and inserting APRNs into Vermont’s hospital patient bill of rights and hospital licensure provisions so that an APRN may be listed as the attending provider responsible for coordinating a patient’s care. "This is not a substantive difference," Harvey said of most changes,…
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