District of Columbia Code
Subchapter VI - Advanced Registered Nursing; Scope of Practice; Requirement of Protocol; Collaboration
§ 3–1206.04. Authorized acts

An advanced practice registered nurse may:
(1) Initiate, monitor, and alter drug therapies;
(2) Initiate appropriate therapies or treatments;
(3) Make referrals for appropriate therapies or treatments;
(4) Perform additional functions within his or her specialty determined in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the board; and
(5) Sign, certify, stamp, or endorse all documents that require a signature by a physician, in place of a physician, provided it is within the scope of their authorized practice.
(Mar. 25, 1986, D.C. Law 6-99, § 604, 33 DCR 729; Mar. 23, 1995, D.C. Law 10-247, § 2(s), 42 DCR 457; Feb. 17, 2018, D.C. Law 22-60, § 2, 65 DCR 5.)
1981 Ed., § 2-3306.4.

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