W. Va. Code R. § 19-8-6 - Termination of Limited Prescriptive Privileges
6.1. The board may deny or revoke privileges
for prescriptive authority if the applicant or licensee has not met conditions
set forth in the law or this rule, or if the applicant has violated any part of
W. Va. Code §
30-7-1 et seq.
6.2. The board shall notify the Board of
Pharmacy within 24 hours after the termination of, or a change in, an advanced
practice registered nurse's prescriptive authority.
6.3. If the board finds that the public
health, safety and welfare requires emergency action and incorporates a finding
to that effect into its order, the board shall order summary suspension of the
prescriptive authority privilege pending proceedings for other action. The
board shall promptly institute and determine further disciplinary
action.
6.4. The board shall
immediately terminate prescriptive authority of advanced practice registered
nurse if disciplinary action has been taken against his or her license to
practice registered professional nursing in accordance with W. Va. Code §
30-7-11.
6.5. Prescriptive authority for the advanced
practice registered nurse terminates immediately if either the license to
practice registered professional nursing or the Advanced Practice Registered
Nurse license in the State of West Virginia lapses.
6.6. Prescriptive authority is immediately
and automatically terminated if national certification as an advanced practice
registered nurse lapses or if the advanced practice registered nurse fails to
provide the board evidence of current certification or re-certification of
national certification before the expiration of the last certification on
record with the board.
6.7. If
authorization for prescriptive authority is not renewed by the expiration date
which appears on the document issued by the board reflecting approval of
prescriptive authority, the authority terminates immediately on the expiration
date.
6.8. An advanced practice
registered nurse shall not prescribe controlled substances for his or her
personal use or for the use of members of his or her immediate
family.
6.9. An advanced practice
registered nurse shall not provide controlled substances or prescription drugs
for other than therapeutic purposes.
6.10. An advanced practice registered nurse
with prescriptive authority may not delegate the prescribing of drugs to any
other person.
6.11. When
applicable, prescriptive authorization shall be terminated if the advanced
practice registered nurse has not filed a current verified collaborative
agreement with the board. Upon dissolvement of a collaborative agreement, if
there is no other current collaborative agreement the advanced practice
registered nurse shall cease prescribing immediately, prescribing privileges
will be terminated, and the advanced practice registered nurse shall have 60
days to provide the board a verified current collaborative agreement to
reinstate the prescribing privilege, after 60 days a reinstatement application
must be completed and submitted for reinstatement of the prescribing
privilege.
Notes
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