Ala. Admin. Code r. 610-X-9-.03 - Authorization For Practice As A Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
(1) The Board of
Nursing may grant approval for advanced practice nursing as certified
registered nurse anesthetists to applicants who meet the requirements of
Chapter 610-X-9-.01 and .02.
(2) Only those registered nurses whose
credentials have current approval from the Board may hold themselves out to be
certified registered nurse anesthetists, use the designation "CRNA" or use
titles to imply that they are nurse anesthetists.
(3) The advanced practice approval shall
expire on the expiration date of the RN license or on the expiration date of
the licensee's national certification as a certified registered nurse
anesthetist, whichever occurs first.
(4) Certified registered nurse anesthetists
shall renew approval to practice at the time of registered nurse license
renewal. Approval for practice may be continued each biennium at the time of
renewal of the registered nurse license upon verification of meeting the
requirements of Rule
610-X-9-.01 and paying the
advanced practice renewal fee(s).
(5) Approval for practice may be continued at
the time of renewal upon verification of meeting the requirements of Rule
610-X-9-.01, paying the advanced
practice renewal fee(s), and six contact hours of pharmacology content specific
to practice in the approved area. Graduate pharmacology academic credit earned
during the nurse anesthetist educational program prior to initial approval as a
CRNA does not qualify as pharmacology continuing education for renewal of
approval as a CRNA.
(6)
Alabama-licensed certified registered nurse anesthetists shall earn, as part of
the required twenty-four (24) Board-approved or Board-recognized continuing
education contact hours for license renewal, six contact hours of
pharmacology.
(7) Failure to meet
renewal requirements shall result in lapse of the advanced practice
approval.
(8) A nurse who fails to
attain certification from the Council on Certification of Nurse Anesthetists,
or maintain recertification from the Council on Recertification of Nurse
Anesthetists shall:
(a) Immediately notify the
Board of Nursing.
(b) Not practice
as or use the title of certified registered nurse anesthetist until approved by
the Board of Nursing.
(9)
A certified registered nurse anesthetist may, after the successful completion
of an organized program of study and supervised clinical practice, carry out
functions beyond the nurse anesthetist educational preparation provided the
functions are approved by the Board of Nursing as being within the legal scope
of practice for a certified registered nurse anesthetist and performed pursuant
to a standardized procedure implemented in compliance with Section
610-X-6-.12.
(10) Practicing as a certified registered
nurse anesthetist subsequent to expiration of advanced practice approval shall
result in disciplinary action pursuant to Chapter 610-X-8.
Notes
Author: Alabama Board of Nursing
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, ยง 34-21-84.
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