GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2021 H 1 HOUSE BILL 629 RATIFIEDShort BILLTitle: AN ACT TO MAKE CLARIFICATIONS REGARDING THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT OR NURSE PRACTITIONER MUST CONSULT WITH A SUPERVISING PHYSICIAN PRIOR TO PRESCRIBING A TARGETED CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.

Physician Asst/Nurse Practit./STOP Act Clar.

(Public) Sponsors:

Representatives Moffitt, Potts, Sasser, and Adcock (Primary Sponsors).

For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.

Referred to:

Health, if favorable, Insurance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House April 22, 2021 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO MAKE CLARIFICATIONS REGARDING THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT OR NURSE PRACTITIONER MUST CONSULT WITH A SUPERVISING PHYSICIAN PRIOR TO PRESCRIBING A TARGETED CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.

*H629-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 (1) The North Carolina Medical Board and Board of Nursing have adopted regulations developed by a joint subcommittee governing the approval of individual nurse practitioners to write prescriptions with such limitations as the boards maydetermine to be in the best interest of patient health and safety.

… *H629-v-2* (4) The supervising physician has provided to the nurse practitioner written instructions about indications and contraindications for prescribing drugs and a written policy for periodic review by the physician of the drugs prescribed.

InPage the2 GeneralHouse AssemblyBill read629-First threeEdition times and ratified this the 22 day of June, 2021.

s/ Phil Berger President Pro Tempore of the Senate s/ Tim Moore Speaker of the House of Representatives _____________________________________ Roy Cooper Governor Approved __________.m.

this ______________ day of ___________________, 2021 Page 2 House Bill 629-Ratified