Nurse Practitioner

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) is an advanced practice registered nurse who meets Board education and certification requirements and possesses additional advanced practice educational preparation and skills in physical diagnosis, psycho-social assessment, and management of health-illness needs in primary care, and/or acute care.

The BRN issues a furnishing number to a NP that allows them to "order" or furnish drugs and devices to patients using approved standardized procedures. The drugs or devices are furnished or ordered by a NP in accordance with standardized procedures or protocols developed by the NP and the supervising physician and surgeon when the drugs or devices furnished or ordered are consistent with the practitioner’s educational preparation or for which clinical competency has been established and maintained.

In order to furnish Schedule II controlled substances, NPs must complete the required pharmacological content, including risks of addiction associated with their use in a nurse practitioner program and shall register with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

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BPC 2725 (e): No state agency other than the board may define or interpret the practice of nursing for those licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or develop standardized procedures or protocols pursuant to this chapter, unless so authorized by this chapter, or specifically required under state or federal statute. “State agency” includes every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, authority, and commission.