2015 Utah Code
Title 58 - Occupations and Professions
Chapter 31d - Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact
Section 103 - Rulemaking authority -- Enabling provisions.

Effective 5/12/2015
58-31d-103. Rulemaking authority -- Enabling provisions.

• (1) The division may adopt rules necessary to implement Section 58-31d-102.

• (2) As used in Article VIII (1) of the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact, "head of the licensing board" means the executive administrator of the Utah Board of Nursing.

• (3) For purposes of the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact, "APRN" as defined in Article II (1) of the compact includes an individual who is:
  • (a) licensed to practice under Subsection 58-31b-301(2) as an advanced practice registered nurse; or
  • (b) licensed to practice under Section 58-44a-301 as a certified nurse midwife.

• (4) An APRN practicing in this state under a multistate licensure privilege may only be granted prescriptive authority if that individual can document completion of graduate level course work in the following areas:
  • (a) advanced health assessment;
  • (b) pharmacotherapeutics; and
  • (c) diagnosis and treatment.

• (5)
  • (a) An APRN practicing in this state under a multistate privilege who seeks to obtain prescriptive authority must:
    • (i) meet all the requirements of Subsection (4) and this Subsection (5); and
    • (ii) be placed on a registry with the division.
  • (b) To be placed on a registry under Subsection (5)(a)(ii), an APRN must:
    • (i) submit a form prescribed by the division;
    • (ii) pay a fee; and
    • (iii) if prescribing a controlled substance:
      • (A) obtain a controlled substance license as required under Section 58-37-6; and
      • (B) if prescribing a Schedule II or III controlled substance, have a consultation and referral plan with a physician licensed in Utah as required under Subsection 58-31b-102(13)(c)(iii) or 58-44a-102(9)(c)(iii)(C).

Amended by Chapter 258, 2015 General Session