HF1794

Purpose

• Eliminate the requirement for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) to participate in a postgraduate collaborative practice as a condition of practice.

Main provisions

• Repeals Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 148.211 subdivision 1c.
• The repeal applies to the postgraduate collaborative practice requirement for APRNs and ends that statutory obligation.

Effects and potential impact

• APRNs would no longer be required to complete a postgraduate collaborative practice as a condition of practicing.
• This change could expand practice autonomy for APRNs and may affect supervision or collaborative arrangements, depending on how other laws and regulations apply.
• The bill does not establish new requirements; it only removes the existing requirement.

Significance and scope

• Changes the framework for health occupations by removing a specific pathway that previously linked APRN practice to a postgraduate collaborative arrangement.
• Centered on the scope of APRN practice and the degree of physician collaboration mandated by statute.

Relevant Terms

• advanced practice registered nurse (APRN)
• postgraduate collaborative practice
• collaborative practice requirement
• repeal
• Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 148.211 subdivision 1c
• health occupations
• scope of practice
• prescribing authority
• practice independence