Indiana Code
Chapter 1. Licensing of Nurses; Creation of Board; Education Programs
25-23-1-19.5. Advanced Practice Registered Nurses; Authority to Prescribe Drugs

Sec. 19.5. (a) This section does not apply to certified registered nurse anesthetists.
(b) The board shall establish a program under which advanced practice registered nurses who meet the requirements established by the board are authorized to prescribe drugs, including controlled substances (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) in accordance with IC 25-1-9.3.
(c) The authority granted by the board under this section:
(1) expires on October 31 of the odd-numbered year following the year the authority was granted or renewed; and
(2) is subject to renewal indefinitely for successive periods of two (2) years.
(d) The rules adopted under section 7 of this chapter concerning the authority of advanced practice registered nurses to prescribe drugs must do the following:
(1) Require an advanced practice registered nurse or a prospective advanced practice registered nurse who seeks the authority to submit an application to the board.
(2) Require an applicant to satisfy the following as a prerequisite to the initial granting of the authority:
(A) Meet all the qualifications for licensure as a registered nurse under this article.
(B) Successfully complete:
(i) education requirements determined by the board to be appropriate to the advanced practice registered nurse's role; and
(ii) a graduate level course in pharmacology providing at least two (2) semester hours of academic credit.
(C) Either:
(i) provide documentation, as requested by the board, that the applicant has graduated before December 31, 1997, from an advanced, organized formal education program appropriate to the practice and that is acceptable to the board; or
(ii) complete a graduate, postgraduate, or doctoral advanced practice registered nurse program from an accredited college or university.
(3) Establish requirements for an advanced practice registered nurse to comply with national certification or the certification's equivalence, including a portfolio equivalence, appropriate to the advanced practice registered nurse's role.
(4) Require, as a condition of the renewal of the authority, the completion by the advanced practice registered nurse of the continuing education requirements set out in section 19.7 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.185-1993, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.83-2000, SEC.1; P.L.58-2014, SEC.9; P.L.129-2018, SEC.31; P.L.28-2019, SEC.13; P.L.9-2022, SEC.47.

Structure Indiana Code

Indiana Code

Title 25. Professions and Occupations

Article 23. Nurses

Chapter 1. Licensing of Nurses; Creation of Board; Education Programs

25-23-1-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter

25-23-1-1. Definitions

25-23-1-1.1. Additional Definitions

25-23-1-1.2. "Licensed Practical Nurse"

25-23-1-1.3. "Practical Nursing"

25-23-1-1.4. "Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist"

25-23-1-1.5. "Inspect Program"

25-23-1-1.6. "Forensic Nurse"

25-23-1-2. Board Established; Members

25-23-1-3. Vacancies

25-23-1-4. Qualifications of Members of Board; Oath

25-23-1-5. Meetings; Officers; Quorum

25-23-1-6. Repealed

25-23-1-7. Powers and Duties of Board

25-23-1-7.1. Rules and Regulations

25-23-1-7.3. Requirements for Nurse Faculty Member Without Master's Degree to Teach Clinical Courses in Eligible Associate Degree Registered Nursing Program

25-23-1-8. Repealed

25-23-1-9. Repealed

25-23-1-10. Compensation of Board Members

25-23-1-10.5. Temporary Permits

25-23-1-11. Requirements for Registered Nurse Applicants; Endorsement License; Fees; Use of Title

25-23-1-12. Requirements for Practical Nurse Applicants; Endorsement License; Fees; Use of Title

25-23-1-13. Repealed

25-23-1-13.1. Certified Nurse Midwives

25-23-1-14. Repealed

25-23-1-15. Repealed

25-23-1-16. Repealed

25-23-1-16.1. Expiration of License; Renewal; Fee

25-23-1-17. Receipts; Use and Disposition

25-23-1-18. Failure to Renew License; Reinstatement; Fee

25-23-1-19. Repealed

25-23-1-19.4. Advanced Practice Nurse Collaboration With Licensed Practitioner; Privileges; Supervisory Rights and Responsibilities

25-23-1-19.5. Advanced Practice Registered Nurses; Authority to Prescribe Drugs

25-23-1-19.6. Advanced Practice Registered Nurses; Identification Numbers

25-23-1-19.7. Renewal of Prescriptive Authority

25-23-1-19.8. Audit; Procedure; Provide Information to Board; Order to Show Cause; Hearing; Divulging Records to Professional Licensing Agency; Immunity From Liability

25-23-1-19.9. Inspect Program Report in Patient's Medical File

25-23-1-20. Application for Nursing Education Program; Employment of Registered Nurses

25-23-1-20.1. Nursing School Enrollment Rates

25-23-1-20.2. Substitution of Simulation Hours

25-23-1-20.3. Clinical Preceptor Qualifications; Rules

25-23-1-20.4. Part-Time Faculty

25-23-1-21. Survey by Board; Approval; Surveys of Accredited Schools

25-23-1-21.5. Education Compliance Officer

25-23-1-22. Repealed

25-23-1-23. Repealed

25-23-1-24. Repealed

25-23-1-25. Repealed

25-23-1-25.1. Repealed

25-23-1-26. Duty of Attorney General

25-23-1-27. Violations; Penalty

25-23-1-27.1. Limitations on Application of Chapter; "Licensed Health Professional"

25-23-1-27.2. Injunction From Continuing Violation of Chapter; Punishment

25-23-1-27.5. Repealed

25-23-1-28. Repealed

25-23-1-29. Practitioners of Church of Christ Scientist

25-23-1-30. Administration of Anesthesia by Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

25-23-1-31. Rehabilitation of Impaired Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse; Use of Information After Noncompliance

25-23-1-33. Professing to Be Nurse Practitioner or Clinical Nurse Specialist; Use of Title

25-23-1-34. Impaired Nurses Account

25-23-1-35. Requirements to Practice as a Forensic Nurse; Continuing Education