Section 80G Nurse-midwives; power to order tests and therapeutics; issuance of written prescriptions - Massachusetts Statutes

Section 80G. A nurse authorized to practice as a certified nurse-midwife may order tests and therapeutics pursuant to guidelines mutually developed and agreed upon by the certified nurse-midwife and the supervising physician in accordance with regulations promulgated jointly by the board and the board of registration in medicine after consultation with the board of registration in pharmacy and issue written prescriptions subject to the provisions of paragraph (g) of section seven of chapter ninety-four C. Any prescription for medication made by a certified nurse-midwife shall include the name of the supervising physician.