Missouri Revised Statutes § 335.019 - Prescriptive authority, when — certificate of controlled substance prescriptive authority, issued when

335.019. Prescriptive authority, when — certificate of controlled substance prescriptive authority, issued when. — 1. An advanced practice registered nurse's prescriptive authority shall include authority to: (1) Prescribe, dispense, and administer medications and nonscheduled legend drugs, as defined in section 338.330, within such APRN's practice and specialty; and (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, receive, prescribe, administer, and provide nonscheduled legend drug samples from pharmaceutical manufacturers to patients at no charge to the patient or any other party. 2. The board of nursing may grant a certificate of controlled substance prescriptive authority to an advanced practice registered nurse who: (1) Submits proof of successful completion of an advanced pharmacology course that shall include preceptorial experience in the prescription of drugs, medicines, and therapeutic devices; and (2) Provides documentation of a minimum of three hundred clock hours preceptorial experience in the prescription of drugs, medicines, and therapeutic devices with a qualified preceptor; and (3) Provides evidence of a minimum of one thousand hours of practice in an advanced practice nursing category prior to application for a certificate of prescriptive authority. The one thousand hours shall not include clinical hours obtained in the advanced practice nursing education program. The one thousand hours of practice in an advanced practice nursing category may include transmitting a prescription order orally or telephonically or to an inpatient medical record from protocols developed in collaboration with and signed by a licensed physician; and (4) Has a controlled substance prescribing authority delegated in the collaborative practice arrangement under section 334.104 with a physician who has an unrestricted federal Drug Enforcement Administration registration number and who is actively engaged in a practice comparable in scope, specialty, or expertise to that of the advanced practice registered nurse. (L. 2008 S.B. 724, A.L. 2023 H.B. 115 & 99 merged with H.B. 402 merged with S.B. 70 merged with S.B. 157)