36-9A-17.1.   Modification of collaboration--Method and frequency. The boards may authorize those modifications in the method and frequency of collaboration of a nurse practitioner or nurse midwife required by § 36-9A-17 that they consider appropriate based upon a finding of adequate collaboration, training, and proficiency. The boards may permit a physician to establish a collaborative relationship with more than one nurse practitioner or nurse midwife and shall establish the number of nurse practitioners or nurse midwives, up to four FTE, based upon a finding that adequate collaboration will exist under the modification proposed.

     Nothing in this section is intended to diminish the professional and legal responsibility of a collaborating physician or the nurse practitioner or nurse midwife as provided in § 36-9A-17.

Source: SL 1994, ch 292, § 3; SL 1999, ch 192, § 19.

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