Nurse practitioner changes approved
Lawmakers gave final approval Feb. 27 to a bill intended to address the shortage of primary care providers in rural Nebraska.
LB107, introduced by Bellevue Sen. Sue Crawford, removes the requirement for an integrated practice agreement between a nurse practitioner and a collaborating physician and replaces it with a transition to practice agreement.
The agreement provides that the nurse practitioner and the supervising provider practice collaboratively within the framework of their respective scopes of practice.
A supervising provider is defined as a physician, osteopathic physician or nurse practitioner licensed and practicing in the same practice specialty, related specialty or field of practice. A nurse practitioner will be required to have 10,000 hours of practice to qualify as a supervising provider.
LB107 passed on a 46-0 vote.
