Haw. Code R. § 16-89-123 - Prescriptive authority renewal for APRN
(a) Prescriptive
authority for each APRN shall expire on June 30 of every odd-numbered year and
shall be renewed biennially. At the time of renewal, each APRN seeking renewal
of prescriptive authority shall certify under oath that the licensee has
completed the thirty hours of continuing education, of which twenty two hours
shall be in the APRN's practice specialty and eight hours in pharmacology,
within the last two years preceding the APRN renewal and has a current national
certification in their practice specialty. The APRN shall also satisfy the
renewal requirements for APRN license pursuant to section
16-89-87.
The board may conduct random audit to determine compliance with the
prescriptive authority renewal requirements. The board shall provide written
notice of an audit to all licensees selected for audit. Within sixty days of
notification, the licensee shall provide the board with the following
documentation verifying compliance:
(1)
Evidence of current national certification in the nursing practice specialty by
a board-recognized national certifying body; and
(2) Documentation of successful completion,
during the prior biennium, of thirty contact hours of appropriate continuing
education as determined by the board in the practice specialty area, eight
contact hours of which shall be in pharmacology, including
pharmacotherapeutics, related to the APRN's clinical practice specialty area,
approved by board-recognized national certifying bodies, the American Nurses
Association, the American Medical Association, or accredited colleges or
universities. Documentation of successful completion of continuing education
required for recertification by a recognized national certifying body, earned
within the current renewal biennium, may be accepted in lieu of the thirty
hours of continuing education required for renewal.
(b) Failure, neglect, or refusal to renew the
prescriptive authority by a recognized APRN on or before June 30 of each
odd-numbered year shall result in automatic forfeiture of prescriptive
authority. Failure of the APRN to renew prescriptive authority shall cause the
APRN prescriptive authority to forfeit on the day after the expiration date.
The APRN shall not prescribe until prescriptive authority has been restored.
Renewal application deadlines shall be as established by the board.
Prescriptive authority may be restored within six months from the date of
forfeiture, provided the restoration application is in compliance with
subsection (a), and is submitted with an additional payment of a restoration
fee. Failure to restore within the time frame provided shall constitute an
automatic termination of the prescriptive authority. Thereafter, to be eligible
for prescriptive authority, the applicant shall meet the requirements of
section
16-89-119.
(c) Any APRN subject to this chapter who
fails to renew his or her prescriptive authority and continues to practice as
an APRN with prescriptive authority shall be considered an illegal practitioner
and shall be subject to penalties provided for by law.
Notes
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