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SB83: relative to the signature authority of an advanced practice registered nurse or a certified midwife.
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Sponsors
- Suzanne M. Prentiss Senate · Dist 5
- Debra Altschiller Senate · Dist 24
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka Senate · Dist 21
- David H. Watters Senate · Dist 4
- Sharon M. Carson Senate · Dist 14
- Donovan Fenton Senate · Dist 10
- Rebecca Whitley Senate · Dist 15
- Shannon Chandley Senate · Dist 11
- Denise Ricciardi Senate · Dist 9
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CHAPTER 61
SB 83 - FINAL VERSION
2023 SESSION
23-0994
09/04
61:
SENATE BILL 83
AN ACT relative to the signature authority of an advanced practice registered nurse or a certified midwife.
ANALYSIS
This bill allows an advanced practice registered nurse or certified midwife, acting within the scope of their practice, to certify a document in the place of a physician.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0994
09/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to the signature authority of an advanced practice registered nurse or a certified midwife.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
61:1 New Section; Advanced Practice Registered Nurse; Signature Authority; Certified Midwives. Amend RSA 326-B by inserting after section 46 the following new section:
326-B:47 Signature Authority of a Advanced Practice Registered Nurse or Certified Midwife. When a provision of law or rule requires a signature, certification, stamp, verification, affidavit, or endorsement by a physician, that requirement may be fulfilled by an advanced practice registered nurse certified pursuant to this chapter, or a certified nurse midwife acting within his or her scope of practice and within the advanced practice registered nurse-patient relationship. This section shall not be construed to expand the scope of practice of an advanced practice registered nurse or a certified nurse midwife.
61:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 01, 2023
Effective Date: July 31, 2023