Bill > S0163

This bill amends existing Vermont statutes to clarify the role of advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), who are licensed healthcare professionals with advanced training, in hospital care. Specifically, it allows APRNs to be recognized as the primary healthcare professional responsible for a hospital patient's care, alongside physicians, who are doctors licensed under specific Vermont chapters. This change ensures that patients have the right to receive information, consent to treatment, and have their care coordinated by either a physician or an APRN. It also updates definitions to include APRNs and clarifies that professional case records must be signed by either an attending physician or an APRN, and that disciplinary actions for non-compliance can now apply to APRNs as well as physicians.

Health and Social Services

https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/S.163