Re: CNM Prescriptive Authority
From: Joseph Shaeffer (Jescnm@icehouse.net)
Fri Feb 3 12:33:27 2006
I am a CNM and Womens Health Care Nurse Practitioner in Washington State and
like Betsy in Connecticut and Ingrid in Arizona have full prescriptive
authority, my own DEA number and do not, by law, need physician collaboration or
consultation. Prescriptive authority is regulated at the State level.
--
Joseph Shaeffer ARNP/CNM
Spokane, WA
Quoting ainsron <ainsron@sbcglobal.net>:
> It is correct for California
>
> Ronald E. Ainsworth, MD, FACOG
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Betsy Hyde
> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 10:40 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
> Subject: Re: FRI Preeclampsia Solved
>
> This is not correct. The prescriptive authority of CNMs in the US
> depends on their location,and is legal in many states.
>
> In Connecticut we have state and federal controlled substance/DEA
> licenses and may prescribe from Schedules II and V, just like the MDs.
>
> Betsy Hyde CNM
> Branford,CT
>
> On Feb 3, 2006, at 1:23 PM, ainsron wrote:
>
> > It's kind of a fine line. They cannot legally prescribe drugs.
> > They can
> > "provide drugs" under written protocol with their physician
> > consultant.
> >
> > Ronald E. Ainsworth, MD, FACOG
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of
> > Efrain
> > Ramirez
> > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 10:10 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
> > Subject: Re: FRI Preeclampsia Solved
> >
> > If I am not mistaken CMN do precribe medications in USA - Am I wrong?
> >
> > Ef
> >
> >> At Fri, 3 Feb 2006, GA12L@aol.com wrote:
> >>
> >> In a message dated 03/02/2006 12:20:55 GMT Standard Time,
> >> divinegracie@earthlink.net writes:
> >>
> >> Illinois eliminated its lay
> >> midwives a few years ago by prosecuting them all for practicing
> >> medicine without a license -- they also hounded the School of
> >> Oriental
> >> Medicine. I think there are still no freestanding birthing
> >> centers in
> >> the state.
> >>
> >> There's a midwife called Jennifer Williams in Indiana being
> >> prosecuted now
> >> for practising medicine without a license. Are they stupid?
> >> Midwifery is
> > not
> >> medicine in the true sense of the word. Being a midiwfe means
> >> just being
> >> 'with woman'. There's no chuffing medicine medicne used unles it's
> > prescribed by
> >> a doc! Pillocks! (Do you use the word pillock over there?)
> >>
> >> Gail
> >
> > --
> > " The greatest obstacle to knowledge is not ignorance,
> > it is the illusion of knowledge." Daniel J. Boorstin - Historian
> >
>
Joseph Shaeffer ARNP/CNM
Spokane, WA
