SECTION 485:10-16-3. Initial application

  The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse applicant for prescriptive authority shall:

(1)   hold current Registered Nurse and Certified Nurse Practitioner, Certified Nurse Midwife, or Clinical Nurse Specialist licenses in Oklahoma;

(2)   submit a completed application for each type of recognition and advanced practice specialty certification held containing such information as the Board may prescribe and the required fee. If the application is not completed within one (1) year, a new application and new fee will be required;

(3)   submit a written statement from an Oklahoma-licensed physician supervising prescriptive authority which identifies a mechanism for:

(A)   appropriate referral, consultation, and collaboration between the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse and physician supervising prescriptive authority;

(B)   availability of communication between the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse and physician supervising prescriptive authority through direct contact, telecommunications, or other appropriate electronic means for consultation, assistance with medical emergencies or patient referral;

(4)   submit documentation verifying completion of forty-five contact hours of Category B continuing education or three academic credit hours of education, as required by law and defined in the rules and regulations, in a course or courses in pharmacotherapeutic management that target/s Advanced Practice Registered Nurses or individuals enrolled in an advanced practice registered nursing education program and/or other authorized prescribers. Such contact hours or academic credits shall be obtained within a time period of three (3) years immediately preceding the date of receipt of application for prescriptive authority. The three (3) year time period may be waived if the applicant has graduated from their advanced practice registered nursing education program within a time period of three years immediately preceding the date of application for prescriptive authority and evidence that didactic and clinical preparation for prescribing was incorporated throughout the program;

(5)   Submit documentation verifying successful completion of a graduate level advanced practice registered nursing education program that included an academic course in pharmacotherapeutic management and didactic and clinical preparation for prescribing incorporated throughout the program. Until January 1, 2016, a Clinical Nurse Specialist who verifies completion of a graduate level advanced practice registered nursing education program that included an academic course in pharmacotherapeutic management may meet the requirements in 485:10-16-4 in lieu of submitting verification of didactic and clinical preparation for prescribing incorporated throughout the advanced practice nursing education program.

[Source: Added at 14 Ok Reg 1980, eff 5-27-97; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 1453, eff 7-1-06; Amended at 25 Ok Reg 1415, eff 7-1-08; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 659, eff 7-1-11; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1615, eff 7-12-12; Amended at 32 Ok Reg 1199, eff 8-27-15]