Sec. 19.7. (a) This subsection applies to an applicant for renewal who has never received a renewal of prescriptive authority under section 19.5 of this chapter and whose prescriptive authority has never lapsed. If the applicant was initially granted prescriptive authority:
(1) less than twelve (12) months before the expiration date of the prescriptive authority, no continuing education is required; or
(2) at least twelve (12) months before the expiration date of the prescriptive authority, the applicant shall, subject to IC 25-1-4-3, attest to the board that the applicant has successfully completed at least fifteen (15) contact hours of continuing education. The hours must:
(A) be completed after the prescriptive authority was granted and before the expiration of the prescriptive authority;
(B) include at least four (4) contact hours of pharmacology; and
(C) be approved by a nationally approved sponsor of continuing education for nurses, approved by the board, and listed by the Indiana professional licensing agency as approved hours.
(b) This subsection applies to an applicant for renewal of prescriptive authority under section 19.5 of this chapter who is not described in subsection (a). The applicant shall, subject to IC 25-1-4-3, attest to the board that the applicant has successfully completed at least thirty (30) contact hours of continuing education. The hours must:
(1) be completed within the two (2) years immediately preceding the renewal;
(2) include at least eight (8) contact hours of pharmacology; and
(3) be approved by a nationally approved sponsor of continuing education for nurses, be approved by the board, and be listed by the Indiana professional licensing agency as approved hours.
(c) An applicant for renewal of prescriptive authority under this section must maintain national certification or certification equivalence, as required by section 19.5(d) of this chapter.
As added by P.L.83-2000, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.269-2001, SEC.18; P.L.1-2006, SEC.452; P.L.129-2018, SEC.33.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 25. Professions and Occupations
Chapter 1. Licensing of Nurses; Creation of Board; Education Programs
25-23-1-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter
25-23-1-1.1. 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"
25-23-1-2. Board Established; Members
25-23-1-4. Qualifications of Members of Board; Oath
25-23-1-5. Meetings; Officers; Quorum
25-23-1-7. Powers and Duties of Board
25-23-1-7.1. Rules and Regulations
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
25-23-1-13.1. Certified Nurse Midwives
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
25-23-1-19.5. 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
25-23-1-19.9. 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
25-23-1-26. 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
25-23-1-29. Practitioners of Church of Christ Scientist
25-23-1-30. Administration of Anesthesia by Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
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