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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing
Agency 90. Board of Nursing
Chapter 40. Regulations for Prescriptive Authority for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
11/21/2024

18VAC90-40-110. Disclosure.

A. The advanced practice registered nurse shall include on each prescription issued or dispensed his signature and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) number, when applicable. If the advanced practice registered nurse's practice agreement authorizes prescribing of only Schedule VI drugs and the advanced practice registered nurse does not have a DEA number, he shall include the prescriptive authority number as issued by the boards.

B. The advanced practice registered nurse shall disclose to patients at the initial encounter that he is a licensed advanced practice registered nurse. Such disclosure may be included on a prescription pad or may be given in writing to the patient.

C. The advanced practice registered nurse shall disclose, upon request of a patient or a patient's legal representative, the name of the patient care team physician and information regarding how to contact the patient care team physician.

Statutory Authority

§§ 54.1-2400 and 54.1-2957.1 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR495-03-1 and VR465-12-1 § 3.4, eff. August 15, 1992; amended, Virginia Register Volume 19, Issue 7, eff. January 15, 2003; Volume 31, Issue 21, eff. July 15, 2015; Volume 36, Issue 12, eff. March 4, 2020; Volume 40, Issue 4, eff. November 8, 2023.

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