2015 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 38 - HEALTH OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS
38-2322 Nurse practitioner; license; requirements; practice as nurse practitioner; requirements; transition-to-practice agreement; contents.

38-2322. Nurse practitioner; license; requirements; practice as nurse practitioner; requirements; transition-to-practice agreement; contents.

(1) In order to be licensed as a nurse practitioner, an individual who has a master's degree or doctorate degree in nursing and has completed an approved nurse practitioner program and who can demonstrate separate course work in pharmacotherapeutics, advanced health assessment, and pathophysiology or psychopathology shall submit to the department proof of professional liability insurance required under section 38-2320.

(2) In order to practice as a nurse practitioner in this state, an individual who holds or has held a license as a nurse practitioner in this state or in another state shall submit to the department a transition-to-practice agreement or evidence of completion of two thousand hours of practice as a nurse practitioner which have been completed under a transition-to-practice agreement, under a collaborative agreement, under an integrated practice agreement, through independent practice, or under any combination of such agreements and practice, as allowed in this state or another state.

(3)(a) A transition-to-practice agreement shall be a formal written agreement that provides that the nurse practitioner and the supervising provider practice collaboratively within the framework of their respective scopes of practice.

(b) The nurse practitioner and the supervising provider shall each be responsible for his or her individual decisions in managing the health care of patients through consultation, collaboration, and referral. The nurse practitioner and the supervising provider shall have joint responsibility for the delivery of health care to a patient based upon the scope of practice of the nurse practitioner and the supervising provider.

(c) The supervising provider shall be responsible for supervision of the nurse practitioner to ensure the quality of health care provided to patients.

(d) In order for a nurse practitioner to be a supervising provider for purposes of a transition-to-practice agreement, the nurse practitioner shall submit to the department evidence of completion of ten thousand hours of practice as a nurse practitioner which have been completed under a transition-to-practice agreement, under a collaborative agreement, under an integrated practice agreement, through independent practice, or under any combination of such agreements or practice, as allowed in this state or another state.

(4) For purposes of this section:

(a) Supervising provider means a physician, osteopathic physician, or nurse practitioner licensed and practicing in Nebraska and practicing in the same practice specialty, related specialty, or field of practice as the nurse practitioner being supervised; and

(b) Supervision means the ready availability of the supervising provider for consultation and direction of the activities of the nurse practitioner being supervised within such nurse practitioner's defined scope of practice.

Source

• Laws 1996, LB 414, § 33;
• Laws 2000, LB 1115, § 49;
• Laws 2002, LB 1062, § 46;
• Laws 2005, LB 256, § 62;
• R.S.Supp.,2006, § 71-1723.02;
• Laws 2007, LB185, § 9;
• Laws 2007, LB463, § 814;
• Laws 2015, LB107, § 6.
• Effective Date: August 30, 2015