California Business and Professions Code

§ 2836.4

BPC § 2836.4 Effective Jan 1, 2018Div. 2 · Ch. 6 · Art. 8

Statute text

Neither this chapter nor any other provision of law shall be construed to prohibit a nurse practitioner from furnishing or ordering buprenorphine when done in compliance with the provisions of the Comprehensive Addiction Recovery Act (Public Law 114-198), as enacted on July 22, 2016, including the following:

(a)The requirement that the nurse practitioner complete not fewer than 24 hours of initial training provided by an organization listed in sub-subclause (aa) of subclause (II) of clause (iv) of subparagraph (G) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (g) of Section 823 of Title 21 of the United States Code, or any other organization that the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services determines is appropriate for the purposes of that sub-subclause, that addresses the following:

(1)Opioid maintenance and detoxification.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 242, Sec. 1. (SB 554) Effective January 1, 2018.