Advanced practice registered nurses-certification.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material indicates the bill is inactive and does not provide specific details about the certifications that are no longer required.

Advanced Practice Registered Nurses - Certification

A bill that clarifies advanced practice registered nurses are not required to have specific advanced certifications and allows hospitals to set rules for physician oversight.

What This Bill Does

• Clarifies that advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) do not need certain advanced certifications to provide care in a hospital setting.
• Allows hospitals to determine the level of physician oversight through their medical staff bylaws.

Who It Names or Affects

• Advanced practice registered nurses
• Hospitals and their medical staff

Terms To Know

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)

A nurse with advanced education and training who can diagnose illnesses, treat patients, and prescribe medications.

Physician oversight

The supervision or guidance provided by doctors to other healthcare providers like APRNs.

Limits and Unknowns

• This bill is marked as inactive in Wyoming, meaning it will not move forward in the current session.
• It does not specify what kind of advanced certifications are no longer required for APRNs.

Current Bill Text

24LSO-0604
2024
STATE OF WYOMING
24LSO-0604
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0216

Advanced practice registered nurses-certification.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Trujillo, Newsome, Ottman and Penn and Senator(s) Brennan, Ellis and Hutchings

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to professions and occupations; clarifying that advanced practice registered nurses are not required to have advanced certification as specified; allowing for physician oversight as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 33
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Advanced practice registered nurses; advanced certification not required.

The board of nursing shall not require advanced practice registered nurses to obtain any advanced certification in order to administer care to patients in a hospital setting. Physician oversight may be determined by the medical staff bylaws of a hospital.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2024
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HB0216