Nurse Practitioner Practice Authority

Doctors and nurses in California and many other states can provide certain medical procedures if those standard procedures are set forth in a practice agreement/collaborative agreement.

California’s New Scope of Practice Law for Nurse Practitioners – Part Two

California passed a new law, effective January 1, 2023, that permits nurse practitioners in specific settings to provide care (under certain conditions) that does not meet “standardized procedures.”

7 Reasons Why Nurses Lose Their License

Registered nurses, nurse practitioners, nurse specialists, and all nurses need to understand HIPAA, fee-splitting and revenue laws, a doctor’s duty of supervision, and other legal issues that [...]

Prescribing through Telemedicine Raises Legal Challenges: Learn the Regulatory Terrain

As prescribing through telemedicine raises legal challenges, understanding where telemedicine laws are tough can help you design your telemedicine startup.

Affordable Care Act creates scope of practice legislative scramble for healthcare practitioners

Healthcare reform is creating incentives for even more legislative scrambles by different practitioner lobbying groups for favorable legislation that will protect, preserve, and expand their own [...]