SB 2545

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-15-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCLUDE ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES IN THE STATEMENT OF PURPOSE OF THE MISSISSIPPI NURSING PRACTICE LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 73-15-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE CERTAIN DEFINITIONS AND REVISE CERTAIN DEFINITIONS IN THE NURSING PRACTICE LAW REGARDING ADVANCED NURSING PRACTICE; TO AMEND SECTION 73-15-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE COMPOSITION OF THE MISSISSIPPI BOARD OF NURSING TO INCLUDE A CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST AS A MEMBER; TO AMEND SECTION 73-15-20, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF ADVANCED NURSING PRACTICE NURSES; TO VEST THE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE AND OVERSEE CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS, CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIVES AND CERTIFIED NURSE PRACTITIONERS EXCLUSIVELY IN THE BOARD OF NURSING; TO PROVIDE THAT CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED NOT LESS THAN 8,000 CLINICAL PRACTICE HOURS ARE EXEMPT FROM MAINTAINING A COLLABORATIVE/CONSULTATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH A LICENSED PHYSICIAN OR DENTIST; TO PROVIDE THAT CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS MAY APPLY HOURS WORKED BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT TO FULFILL THE CLINICAL PRACTICE HOUR REQUIREMENT; TO CONFORM CERTAIN PROVISIONS WITH THE MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CANNABIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 73-15-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCLUDE ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES IN THE PROVISIONS RELATING TO GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS AGAINST NURSES; TO AMEND SECTION 41-21-131, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.