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New CPA regulations to go into effect 08-28-08
August 26, 2008
CPA Requirements
SB 724 also imposes requirements on all CPAs involving
APRNs;
not just those with controlled substance prescriptive
authority. By
August 28, 2008, all CPAs involving APRNs should be modifi
ed to
include the following:
1. Complete names, home and business addresses, zip codes,
and telephone
numbers of the collaborating physician and the APRN;
2. A list of all other offi ces or locations besides those
listed in where the
collaborating physician authorizes the APRN to prescribe;
3. A required posting at every offi ce where the APRN is
authorized
to prescribe and a prominently displayed disclosure
statement
informing patients that they may be seen by an APRN and
have
the right to see the collaborating physician;
4. All specialty or board certifi cations of the
collaborating physician
and all certifi cations of the APRN;
5. Th e manner of collaboration between the collaborating
physician
and the APRN, including how they will:
(a) Engage in collaborative practice consistent with each
professional’s skill, training, education, and competence;
(b) Maintain geographic proximity; and
(c) Provide coverage during absence, incapacity, infi
rmity, or
emergency by the collaborating physician;
6. A list of all other written practice agreements of the
collaborating
physician and the APRN;
7. The duration of the written practice agreement between
the
collaborating physician and the APRN; and
8. A description of the time and manner of the
collaborating
physician’s review of the APRN’s prescribing practices. Th
description must include provisions that the APRN shall
submit
documentation of the APRN’s prescribing practices to the
collaborating physician within fourteen days. Th e
documentation
must include, but not be limited to, a random sample review
by
the collaborating physician of at least twenty percent of
the charts
and medications prescribed by the APRN.
Missouri Nurse,
Edition 1, 2008
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