OAR 851-056-0006
Application Requirements for Prescriptive Authority in Oregon
(1)
Current, unencumbered registered nurse license in the State of Oregon.(2)
Currently has or is eligible for an unencumbered nurse practitioner, certified registered nurse anesthetist or clinical nurse specialist license in the State of Oregon.(3)
Submission of application and fees required by the Board. Fees are nonrefundable. An application not completed after one calendar year will be considered void.(4)
Evidence of successful completion of 45 contact hours of pharmacology at the APRN level as defined in OAR 851-056-0008 (Pharmacology Course Requirements) including content related to the specialty scope of practice which shall be met through:(a)
Completion within two years prior to the application date; or(b)
Evidence of completion of a 30 hour discrete pharmacology course congruent with the specialty role sought with:(A)
An additional 15 CE hours in pharmacological management congruent with the area of clinical specialty completed in the two years prior to the application date; or(B)
Current prescriptive authority in another state or U.S. jurisdiction, including a U.S. federal institution or facility; or(c)
Evidence of completion of a clinical nurse specialist, certified registered nurse anesthetist or nurse practitioner program within two years prior to application date, which included a 45 hour pharmacology course and subsequent clinical practicum in pharmacologic management of individual patients prior to graduation.(5)
Evidence of successful completion of required clinical education in patient management. An applicant may be considered to meet this requirement through:(a)
Completion of a directly supervised clinical practicum of no less than 150 hours which includes differential diagnosis and applied pharmacological management of patients congruent with the specialty role sought for academic or continuing education credit; or(b)
Evidence of unencumbered prescriptive authority in another state or U.S. jurisdiction, including a U.S. federal institution or facility with a minimum of 150 hours utilizing applied pharmacological management of patients congruent with their specialty role within the past two years; or(c)
Validation of prescribing competencies by a licensed independent prescribing practitioner (NP, CNS, CRNA, MD, DO) that demonstrates 150 hours of the applicants clinical expertise to include differential diagnosis and the applied pharmacological management of patients congruent with their specialty role. Applicants must complete the OSBN APRN Pharmacological Management Evaluation Form.(6)
Evidence of successful completion of accredited graduate level nursing courses documented by CE or academic credit. Such courses must include physical assessment, pathophysiology, and clinical management sufficient to prepare the applicant for safe prescribing with individual patients. Courses may be accredited or approved by any of the appropriate entities specified in OAR 851-050-0142 (Standards for Continuing Education for Nurse Practitioners). Integrated courses taken before January 1, 1996 may be considered if content otherwise meet all requirements for equivalency.(7)
Applicants for initial licensure as a nurse practitioner shall meet all requirements for prescriptive authority. Clinical nurse specialists and certified registered nurse anesthetists may obtain and renew licensure with the Board without prescriptive authority.(8)
Initial applicants seeking prescriptive authority who do not meet Oregon’s pharmacology requirements shall complete a pharmacology course from a list approved by the Board, equal to a minimum of 45 contact hours.(9)
Nurse practitioners who were licensed in Oregon prior to July 1, 1997, and who did not have prescriptive authority as of that date, are not required to obtain or renew with prescriptive authority.
Source:
Rule 851-056-0006 — Application Requirements for Prescriptive Authority in Oregon, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=851-056-0006.