Section 36-9A-17 - Advanced practice nursing and medical functions--Collaborative agreement required.
36-9A-17. Advanced practice nursing and medical functions--Collaborative agreement required. A nurse practitioner or nurse midwife may perform the overlapping scope of advanced practice nursing and medical functions only under the terms of a collaborative agreement with a physician licensed under chapter 36-4. Any collaborative agreement shall be maintained on file with the boards. Collaboration may be by direct personal contact, or by a combination of direct personal contact and indirect contact via telecommunication, as may be required by the boards. If the collaborating physician named in a collaborative agreement becomes temporarily unavailable, the nurse practitioner or nurse midwife may perform the agreed upon overlapping scope of advanced practice nursing and medical functions in consultation with another licensed physician designated as a substitute.
Source: SL 1979, ch 256, § 9; SL 1995, ch 214, § 2; SL 1995, ch 218, § 12; SL 1999, ch 192, § 18.