Connecticut § 20-94b - Nurse anesthetists. Prescriptive authority.
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§ 20-94b. Nurse anesthetists. Prescriptive authority.
Sec. 20-94b. Nurse anesthetists. Prescriptive authority. An advanced practice registered nurse licensed pursuant to section 20-94a and maintaining current certification from the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists may prescribe, dispense and administer drugs, including controlled substances in schedule II, III, IV, or V. An advanced practice registered nurse licensed pursuant to section 20-94a who does not maintain current certification from the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists may prescribe, dispense, and administer drugs, including controlled substances in schedule II, III, IV or V, in accordance with section 20-87a.
(P.A. 90-211, S. 21; P.A. 94-213, S. 5; P.A. 99-168, S. 4; P.A. 14-12, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 94-213 deleted reference to settings prescribed in Sec. 20-87a and regulations under Sec. 20-99a; (Revisor's note: In 1999 a reference to Sec. 10a-491 was changed editorially by the Revisors to Sec. 19a-491 to correct a clerical error); P.A. 99-168 deleted prescription exception re inpatients in short-term hospitals and replaced language requiring prescription order to be cosigned by a physician with reference to prescription of controlled substances specified in written collaborative agreements; P.A. 14-12 replaced “schedule IV” with “schedule II, III, IV” and replaced provision re exception for prescribing controlled substances in schedule II or III pursuant to Sec. 20-87a(b) with “in accordance with section 20-87a”, effective July 1, 2014.
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