HAR §16-89-123. Prescriptive authority renewal for APRN

(a) Prescriptive authority for each APRN shall expire on June 30 of every odd-numbered year and shall be renewed biennially. At the time of renewal, each APRN seeking renewal of §16-89-123 89-49 prescriptive authority shall certify under oath that the licensee has completed the thirty hours of continuing education, of which twenty two hours shall be in the APRN’s practice specialty and eight hours in pharmacology, within the last two years preceding the APRN renewal and has a current national certification in their practice specialty. The APRN shall also satisfy the renewal requirements for APRN license pursuant to section 16-89-87. The board may conduct random audit to determine compliance with the prescriptive authority renewal requirements. The board shall provide written notice of an audit to all licensees selected for audit. Within sixty days of notification, the licensee shall provide the board with the following documentation verifying compliance: (1) Evidence of current national certification in the nursing practice specialty by a board-recognized national certifying body; and (2) Documentation of successful completion, during the prior biennium, of thirty contact hours of appropriate continuing education as determined by the board in the practice specialty area, eight contact hours of which shall be in pharmacology, including pharmacotherapeutics, related to the APRN's clinical practice specialty area, approved by board-recognized national certifying bodies, the American Nurses Association, the American Medical Association, or accredited colleges or universities. Documentation of successful completion of continuing education required for recertification by a recognized national certifying body, earned within the current renewal biennium, may be accepted in lieu of the thirty hours of continuing education required for renewal. (b) Failure, neglect, or refusal to renew the prescriptive authority by a recognized APRN on or before June 30 of each odd-numbered year shall result in automatic forfeiture of prescriptive authority. Failure of the APRN to renew prescriptive authority shall cause the APRN prescriptive authority to forfeit on the day after the expiration date. The APRN shall not prescribe until prescriptive authority has been restored. Renewal application deadlines shall be as established by the board. Prescriptive authority may be restored within six months from the date of forfeiture, provided the restoration application is in compliance with subsection (a), and is submitted with an additional payment of a restoration fee. Failure to restore within the time frame provided shall constitute an automatic termination of the prescriptive authority. Thereafter, to be eligible for prescriptive authority, the applicant shall meet the requirements of section 16-89-119. (c) Any APRN subject to this chapter who fails to renew his or her prescriptive authority and continues to practice as an APRN with prescriptive authority shall be considered an illegal practitioner and shall be subject to penalties §16-89-123 89-50 provided for by law. [Eff 12/27/10; am and comp 3/28/13; am and comp 10/27/18] (Auth: HRS §§26-9(k), 436B-4, 436B-7) (Imp: HRS §457-8.6)