Practice of nursing; providing for independent prescriptive authority of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses who meet certain requirements. Effective date.

SB 569 would allow Oklahoma Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) - including Certified Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists, and Certified Nurse-Midwives - with three years of supervised prescribing experience to apply for independent prescribing authority. To qualify, APRNs must hold a current license and provide proof of their supervised practice to the Oklahoma Board of Nursing. The bill requires $1 million in malpractice insurance per incident and mandates the Board to review applications, with authority to approve, deny, or revoke prescribing privileges. This directly affects APRNs seeking to prescribe medications without physician oversight in Oklahoma.