ORS 678.375
Nurse practitioners

  • licenses
  • prohibitions
  • authority to sign reports of death
  • authority to prescribe

(1)

The Oregon State Board of Nursing is authorized to issue licenses to licensed registered nurses to practice as nurse practitioners if they meet the requirements of the board pursuant to ORS 678.380 (Rules for nurse practitioners).

(2)

A person may not practice as a nurse practitioner or hold oneself out to the public or to an employer, or use the initials, name, title, designation or abbreviation as a nurse practitioner until and unless the person is licensed by the board.

(3)

A registered nurse licensed as a nurse practitioner is authorized to complete and sign reports of death. Reports of death signed by a nurse practitioner fulfill the requirements of the laws dealing with reports of death. A nurse practitioner who completes a report of death shall comply with ORS 432.133 (Mandatory submission and registration of reports of death).

(4)

A registered nurse licensed as a nurse practitioner is authorized to prescribe drugs for the use of and administration to other persons if approval has been given under ORS 678.390 (Authority of nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist to write prescriptions or dispense drugs). The drugs that the nurse practitioner is authorized to prescribe must be included within the nurse practitioner’s scope of practice as defined by rules of the board.

(5)

A licensed pharmacist may fill and a licensed pharmacist or an employee of the licensed pharmacist may dispense medications prescribed by a nurse practitioner in accordance with the terms of the prescription. The filling of a prescription described in this subsection does not constitute evidence of negligence on the part of the pharmacist if the prescription was dispensed within the reasonable and prudent practice of pharmacy.

(6)

As used in this section:

(a)

“Drug” means:

(A)

Articles recognized as drugs in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official National Formulary, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia, other drug compendium or any supplement to any of them;

(B)

Articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in human beings;

(C)

Articles other than food that are intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of human beings; and

(D)

Articles intended for use as a component of any articles specified in subparagraph (A), (B) or (C) of this paragraph.

(b)

“Prescribe” means to direct, order or designate the preparation, use of or manner of using by spoken or written words or other means. [1975 c.205 §8; 1979 c.785 §1; 1993 c.469 §9; 1993 c.571 §28; 2001 c.357 §1; 2001 c.623 §5; 2008 c.4 §2; 2013 c.366 §77; 2019 c.358 §37; 2021 c.189 §5]

Source: Section 678.375 — Nurse practitioners; licenses; prohibitions; authority to sign reports of death; authority to prescribe, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors678.­html.

678.010
Definitions for ORS 678.010 to 678.410
678.021
License required to practice nursing
678.023
Use of title “nurse.”
678.025
Use of title “Advanced Practice Registered Nurse.”
678.031
Application of ORS 678.010 to 678.410
678.034
Hospitals to notify board of nurses employed to meet temporary staffing shortage
678.036
Liability of nurse supervising nursing assistants
678.038
Registered nurse employed in school, education service district or local public health authority
678.040
Qualifications of applicants for license
678.050
Examining applicants
678.055
Nurse emeritus license
678.080
Evidence of licensure
678.101
Renewal of license
678.111
Causes for denial, revocation or suspension of license or probation, reprimand or censure of licensee
678.112
Impaired health professional program
678.113
When evaluation of mental or physical condition, demonstration of competency or evidence of continuing education may be required
678.117
Procedure for imposing civil penalty
678.123
Prohibited acts
678.126
Confidentiality of information
678.128
Liability of complainants, witnesses, investigators, counsel and board members in disciplinary proceedings
678.135
Duty to report violations
678.140
Oregon State Board of Nursing
678.150
Powers, functions and duties of board, officers and executive director
678.153
Interagency agreement to share results of nationwide criminal records check
678.155
Restrictions on certain standards prescribed by board
678.158
Continuing authority of board upon lapse, suspension, revocation or voluntary surrender of license or certificate
678.164
Enjoining violations or threatened violations
678.170
Disposition of receipts
678.245
Definitions for ORS 678.245 to 678.285
678.255
Provision of nurse anesthetist services in ambulatory surgical centers
678.265
Ambulatory surgical center oversight of nurse anesthetists
678.275
Provision of nurse anesthetist services in hospitals
678.278
Provision of nurse anesthetist services in offices
678.282
Prescribing authority of nurse anesthetists
678.285
Board regulation of nurse anesthetists
678.340
Requirements for institutions desiring to establish nursing education programs
678.360
Survey to evaluate institutions
678.362
Circulating nurses
678.366
Registered nurse first assistants
678.370
Clinical nurse specialists
678.372
Rules for clinical nurse specialists
678.375
Nurse practitioners
678.380
Rules for nurse practitioners
678.390
Authority of nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist to write prescriptions or dispense drugs
678.410
Fees
678.415
Additional fee for examination, license by indorsement, license renewal fees
678.417
Oregon Nursing Advancement Fund
678.420
Declaration of nursing workforce and faculty shortage
678.425
Advisory organizations
678.440
Nursing assistants
678.442
Certification of nursing assistants
678.444
Standards for training programs for nursing assistants
678.445
Administration of noninjectable medication by nursing assistant
678.447
Use of titles “medication aide,” “Certified Medication Aide” or “CMA.”
678.448
Use of titles “Certified Nursing Assistant,” “nursing assistant,” “nurse aide” or “CNA.”
678.710
Definitions for ORS 678.710 to 678.820
678.720
Prohibited acts relating to administration of nursing homes
678.725
Reporting unlawful or unsatisfactory nursing home conditions and prohibited conduct
678.730
Licensing qualifications of nursing home administrator
678.733
Residential care facility administrator license
678.740
Examination for nursing home administrator license
678.743
Residential care facility administrator examination
678.746
Rules
678.750
Applicability of licensing requirements to administrators of organizations that rely on spiritual care and treatment
678.770
Licensing reciprocity
678.780
Grounds for discipline of nursing home administrator
678.790
Procedure
678.793
Licensure type of board member in disciplinary action
678.800
Long Term Care Administrators Board
678.810
Board meetings
678.820
Duties and powers of board and Health Licensing Office
678.990
Penalties
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