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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​For Immediate Release:
July 3, 2019

Office of The Attorney General
Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General

Division of Consumer Affairs
Paul R. Rodríguez, Acting Director

Division of Criminal Justice
Veronica Allende, Director
​​​​ For Further Information Contact:
Peter Aseltine 609-292-4791

Proposed Regulation – Board of Nursing

NEWARK – The Board of Nursing has proposed a new rule which establishes standards for transmission of electronic prescriptions by advanced practice nurses.

The proposed new rule authorizes an advanced practice nurse to transmit an electronic prescription to a pharmacy. The proposed new rule imposes additional requirements when an advanced practice nurse transmits electronic prescriptions for Schedule II, III, IV or V controlled substances.

The proposed amendments, and information on how to submit a comment by August 16, 2019, can be viewed here.

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Last Modified: 7/3/2019 10:15 AM