SB 246

Bill Subjects

Health Care Professionals; Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Health Care Professionals; Doctors And Physicians Health Care Professionals; Licensing (Including Behavioral And Mental Health) Health; Generally

Abstract

Requires the Indiana medical licensing board to accept and review complaints concerning physician collaborative practice agreements with advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs). Provides that an APRN may only: (1) operate in collaboration with a licensed practitioner who specializes in the same practice area as the advanced practice registered nurse; and (2) practice within the scope of the APRN's specialty. Allows a physician to enter into a collaborative agreement with more than four APRNs but prohibits the physician from collaborating with more than four APRNs at the same time.