2006 Ohio Revised Code - 4723.48. Application for certificate to prescribe drugs and therapeutic devices.
§ 4723.48. Application for certificate to prescribe drugs and therapeutic devices.
(A) A clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or certified nurse practitioner seeking authority to prescribe drugs and therapeutic devices shall file with the board of nursing a written application for a certificate to prescribe. The board of nursing shall issue a certificate to prescribe to each applicant who meets the requirements specified in
section 4723.482 [4723.48.2] or 4723.484 [4723.48.4] of the Revised Code.
Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the initial certificate to prescribe that the board issues to an applicant shall be issued as an externship certificate. Under an externship certificate, the nurse may obtain experience in prescribing drugs and therapeutic devices by participating in an externship that evaluates the nurse's competence, knowledge, and skill in pharmacokinetic principles and their clinical application to the specialty being practiced. During the externship, the nurse may prescribe drugs and therapeutic devices only when one or more physicians are providing supervision in accordance with rules adopted under
section 4723.50 of the Revised Code.
After completing the externship, the holder of an externship certificate may apply for a new certificate to prescribe. On receipt of the new certificate, the nurse may prescribe drugs and therapeutic devices in collaboration with one or more physicians or podiatrists.
(B) In the case of an applicant who on May 17, 2000, was approved to prescribe drugs and therapeutic devices under section 4723.56 of the Revised Code, as that section existed on that date, the initial certificate to prescribe that the board issues to the applicant under this section shall not be an externship certificate. The applicant shall be issued a certificate to prescribe that permits the recipient to prescribe drugs and therapeutic devices in collaboration with one or more physicians or podiatrists.
HISTORY: 148 v H 241 (EFf 5-17-2000); 148 v H 511. Eff 4-10-2001; 150 v S 80, § 1, eff. 4-7-05.
Not analogous to former RC § 4723.48, amended and renumbered RC §
4723.17 in
148 v H 241, eff 5-17-2000.
Effect of Amendments
150 v S 80, effective April 7, 2005, rewrote (B).
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