http://www.healthlicensedefense.com/b The blogs of our partners. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:18:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 http://www.healthlicensedefense.com/b/2009/12/new-prescriptive-rules-for-aprns/ http://www.healthlicensedefense.com/b/2009/12/new-prescriptive-rules-for-aprns/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:47:05 +0000 Taralynn Mackay http://www.healthlicensedefense.com/b/?p=57 The Texas Nursing Board has posted new prescription rules for APRNs and the deadline to comment on the rules in 12.27.09 (scroll down to find the Nursing Board rule). The new rules have some “clean-up” language including changing APN to APRN; however, there are significant changes that require APRNs to review these rules. There is new language regarding practice sites and there is a requirement that the delegating physician must designate to the Texas Medical Board that the APRN is authorized to sign a prescription. There are restrictions on prescribing off label usages of medications. There some definite changes recommended and all APRNs should review these proposed rules.

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