Section 121. Practice of nurse practitioners licensed as certified registered nurse anesthetists  


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  • A. A nurse practitioner licensed in a category of certified registered nurse anesthetist shall be authorized to render care under the supervision of a licensed doctor of medicine, osteopathy, podiatry, or dentistry.

    B. The practice of a certified registered nurse anesthetist shall be based on specialty education preparation as an advanced practice registered nurse in accordance with standards of the applicable certifying organization and with the functions and standards defined by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (Standards for Nurse Anesthesia Practice, Revised 2013).

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 24, Issue 10, eff. February 20, 2008; amended, Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 05, eff. December 25, 2008; Volume 31, Issue 21, eff. July 15, 2015.

Statutory Authority

§§ 54.1-2400 and 54.1-2957 of the Code of Virginia.