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Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
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TITLE 485. Oklahoma Board of Nursing |
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Chapter 10. Licensure of Practical and Registered Nurses |
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Subchapter 16. Requirements for Prescriptive Authority for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses |
SECTION 485:10-16-1. Definitions
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- The following words or terms, when used in this Subchapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:"Continuing education categories" as set out below present and define methods for meeting initial and renewal contact and academic credit hours at an advanced practice level as required for prescriptive authority:(A) Category A: Academic credit.(B) Category B:(i) Onsite Seminar or lecture or workshop or course approved for contact hours, continuing education units or continuing medical education units through a recognized approver of continuing education; or(ii) Online continuing education for initial applications must be approved through a recognized approver of continuing education, and includes a minimum of thirty hours obtained from a single provider that is faculty-directed, with processes for interaction of the participant with faculty, evaluating the participant's learning through successful completion of case studies or written assignments and a comprehensive examination using a mechanism to ensure security of the evaluation process.(C) Category C: Online seminars or workshops, or articles in professional journals or other professional references approved for contact hours, continuing education units or continuing medical education units through a recognized approver of continuing education.(D) Category D: Published article in refereed journal/book/research project. Evidence of publication of one article related to pharmacotherapy appropriate for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses. These will be evaluated on a case-by-case review.(E) Category E: Presenter/lecturer. Evidence of providing content related to pharmacotherapeutics at an advanced practice level. The presentation/lecture must be approved for contact hours or offered as part of an academic course with a target audience of advanced practice nurses."Course in pharmacotherapeutic management" means a course in which the content must include pharmacodynamic and kinetic principles, classifications of medications relevant to the scope of practice, sources for and methods of evaluating drug information, legal and ethical implications of prescribing, clinical application and use of pharmacological agents in the prevention of illness, restoration and maintenance of health."Qualified preceptor" means an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse with a current unrestricted license who has a scope of practice which includes prescribing and has met the requirements for prescriptive authority; or a licensed practitioner of medicine or osteopathy with unrestricted prescriptive authority.