Revises provisions relating to certified registered nurse anesthetists. (BDR 54-516)

SB 249 allows certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) to order, prescribe, possess, and administer controlled substances, poisons, and dangerous drugs outside critical access hospitals under the same circumstances as registered nurses generally. This changes current law (NRS 632.2397) by removing the restriction that limited these actions to critical access hospitals during surgery or childbirth. The bill directly affects CRNAs and patients in non-critical-access hospital settings, expanding their prescribing authority while maintaining physician supervision requirements. The law takes effect July 1, 2025.