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2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 25. Professions and Occupations
457. Nurses
- 457-1 Purpose.
- 457-1.5 Practice of nursing.
- 457-2 Definitions.
- 457-2.5 Registered nurse
- 457-2.6 Licensed practical nurse
- 457-2.7 Advanced practice registered nurse.
- 457-3 State board of nursing; appointment; term of office.
- 457-4 Qualifications of board members.
- 457-5 Duties and powers of board.
- 457-5.5 Nursys; verification of nurse license.
- 457-6 REPEALED.
- 457-6.5 Application of National Council of State Boards of Nursing Model Nursing Practice Act and Model Nursing Administrative Rules.
- 457-7 Registered nurses; qualifications; licenses; fees; title; existing licensed nurses; verification of licenses; eligibility.
- 457-7.5 Delegation.
- 457-8 Licensed practical nurse; qualifications; license; fees; title; existing licensed nurses; verification of licenses; eligibility.
- 457-8.5 Advanced practice registered nurse; qualifications; licensure; endorsement; fees; eligibility.
- 457-8.6 Prescriptive authority for advanced practice registered nurses. (a) The board shall grant prescriptive authority to qualified advanced practice registered nurses and shall designate the requirements for advanced nursing practice related to prescriptive authority. The board shall determine the exclusionary formulary for qualified advanced practice registered nurses who are granted prescriptive authority. (b) The board shall establish requirements for advanced practice registered nurses' education, experience, and national certification pursuant to rules adopted in accordance with chapter 91. (c) Advanced practice registered nurses shall be considered qualified if they have met the requirements of section 457-8.5(a), and have met the advanced pharmacology requirements for initial prescriptive authority pursuant to rules adopted by the board. Only qualified advanced practice registered nurses authorized to diagnose, prescribe, and institute therapy or referrals of patients to health care agencies, health care providers, and community resources and, only as appropriate to the practice specialty in which the advanced practice registered nurse is qualified, may: (1) Prescribe and administer over the counter drugs, legend drugs, and controlled substances pursuant to this chapter and to chapter 329 and request, receive, and dispense manufacturers' prepackaged samples of over the counter drugs, and non-controlled legend drugs to patients under their care; provided that an advanced practice registered nurse shall not request, receive, or sign for professional controlled substance samples; (2) Prescribe, order, and dispense medical devices and equipment; and (3) Plan and initiate a therapeutic regimen that includes nutritional, diagnostic, and supportive services including home health care, hospice, and physical and occupational therapy. [L 1994, c 278, §1; am L 2002, c 192, § §1, 5; am L 2003, c 3, §27; am L 2004, c 88, § §5, 8 and c 150, § §1, 2; am L 2005, c 30, §1; am L 2008,
- 457-8.7 Advanced practice registered nurses; abortions by medication or aspiration; refusal to perform.
- 457-8.8 Advanced practice registered nurses; global signature authority.
- 457-8.9 Advanced practice registered nurses; expedited partner therapy.
- 457-9 Renewal of license; inactivation and reactivation of license; restoration of forfeited license.
- 457-9.2 Continuing competency requirements; exemptions; extensions; records retention; audit.
- 457-9.3 Learning activity options.
- 457-9.5 Center for nursing fee.
- 457-10 REPEALED.
- 457-11 Nursing education programs.
- 457-12 Discipline; grounds; proceedings; hearings.
- 457-12.5 Discipline based on action taken in another state; conditions; prohibition on practice.
- 457-13 Exceptions.
- 457-14 Violations of chapter; penalties.
- 457-15 Injunctive relief.
- 457-16 Severability.
- 457-17 Telehealth; privacy, security, and confidentiality.
Note
Source notes for certain sections of this chapter start with L 1970, c 71, which completely amended this chapter.
Cross References
Sunset evaluations modified, see 26H-4 and 26H-5.
Advanced practice registered nurses; filing of electronic mail address, see 451D-5.
Diversion program for chemically dependent nurses, see chapter 334D.
Health care professionals, see chapter 451D.
Immunity for prescribing, dispensing, or distributing opioid antagonists, see chapter 329E.
Primary health care incentive program, see 321-1.5.
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