Bill > S0946

This bill expands the authority of advanced registered nurse practitioners and licensed physician assistants in Florida to order medications for patients in facilities licensed under Chapter 395 (hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers) or Part II of Chapter 400 (nursing homes and assisted living facilities). Specifically, it allows advanced registered nurse practitioners to monitor and alter drug therapies and order any medication for administration to patients in these facilities, and it permits supervising physicians to authorize licensed physician assistants or advanced registered nurse practitioners to order controlled substances for administration to patients in these specified facilities under certain circumstances, clarifying that such orders are not considered prescriptions. The bill also makes conforming amendments to existing statutes regarding controlled substances and references to these updated authorities.