2006 Ohio Revised Code - [4723.48.1] 4723.481.Restrictions on certificate holder; nurse personally furnishing drug or device.

[§ 4723.48.1] § 4723.481. Restrictions on certificate holder; nurse personally furnishing drug or device.
 

Under a certificate to prescribe issued under section 4723.48 of the Revised Code, a clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or certified nurse practitioner is subject to all of the following: 

(A) The nurse shall not prescribe any drug or therapeutic device that is not included in the types of drugs and devices listed on the formulary established in rules adopted under section 4723.50 of the Revised Code. 

(B) The nurse's prescriptive authority shall not exceed the prescriptive authority of the collaborating physician or podiatrist. 

(C) The nurse may prescribe a schedule II controlled substance as specified in division (A)(2) of section 3719.06 of the Revised Code, but shall not prescribe a schedule II controlled substance in collaboration with a podiatrist. 

(D) The nurse may personally furnish to a patient a sample of any drug or therapeutic device included in the types of drugs and devices listed on the formulary, subject to all of the following: 

(1) The amount of the sample furnished shall not exceed a seventy-two-hour supply, except when the minimum available quantity of the sample is packaged in an amount that is greater than a seventy-two-hour supply, in which case the nurse may furnish the sample in the packaged amount. 

(2) No charge may be imposed for the sample or for furnishing it. 

(3) Samples of controlled substances may not be personally furnished. 

(E) The nurse may personally furnish to a patient a complete or partial supply of a drug or therapeutic device included in the types of drugs and devices listed on the formulary, subject to all of the following: 

(1) The nurse shall personally furnish only antibiotics, antifungals, scabicides, contraceptives, prenatal vitamins, antihypertensives, drugs and devices used in the treatment of diabetes, drugs and devices used in the treatment of asthma, and drugs used in the treatment of dyslipidemia. 

(2) The nurse shall not furnish the drugs and devices in locations other than a health department operated by the board of health of a city or general health district or the authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code, a federally funded comprehensive primary care clinic, or a nonprofit health care clinic or program. 

(3) The nurse shall comply with all safety standards for personally furnishing supplies of drugs and devices, as established in rules adopted under section 4723.50 of the Revised Code. 
 

HISTORY: 148 v H 241. Eff 5-17-2000; 151 v S 154, § 1, eff. 5-17-06.

 

Effect of Amendments

151 v S 154, effective May 17, 2006, in (E)(1), added "antihypertensives ... dyslipidemia" to the end.