Physicians Look to Disrupt Longtime Regulatory Tradition for APRNs
from Journal of Nursing Regulation
In June 2017, at the American Medical Association’s House of Delegates meeting, an amendment to a resolution impacting regulation of advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) failed by a margin of 254-204, exposing not only a divide among AMA delegates, but a growing and continuing threat to the autonomy of APRNs. The amendment called for placing “APRNs under state medical board and regulatory control, with AMA developing model state legislation”. The underlying resolution was a measure opposing physician assistants from creating their own regulatory boards.
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