§30-7-15c Form of prescriptions; termination of authority; renewal; notification of termination of authority. - West Virginia Statutes

§30-7-15c. Form of prescriptions; termination of authority; renewal; notification of termination of authority.
(a) Prescriptions authorized by an advanced nurse practitioner must comply with all applicable state and federal laws; must be signed by the prescriber with the initials "A.N.P." or the designated certification title of the prescriber; and must include the prescriber's identification number assigned by the board or the prescriber's national provider identifier assigned by the National Provider System pursuant to 45 CFR §162.408.

(b) Prescriptive authorization shall be terminated if the advanced nurse practitioner has:

(1) Not maintained current authorization as an advanced nurse practitioner; or

(2) Prescribed outside the advanced nurse practitioner's scope of practice or has prescribed drugs for other than therapeutic purposes; or

(3) Has not filed verification of a collaborative agreement with the board.

(c) Prescriptive authority for an advanced nurse practitioner must be renewed biennially. Documentation of eight contact hours of pharmacology during the previous two years must be submitted at the time of renewal.

(d) The board shall notify the Board of Pharmacy and the Board of Medicine within twenty-four hours after termination of, or change in, an advanced nurse practitioner's prescriptive authority.