Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-567.4c: Advanced Practice Registered Nurse — Application for

prescriptive authority — Requirements.

A. An Advanced Practice Registered Nurse recognized by the

Oklahoma Board of Nursing as a Certified Nurse Practitioner,

Clinical Nurse Specialist, or Certified Nurse-Midwife who has

completed a minimum of six thousand two hundred forty (6,240)

clinical practice hours with prescriptive authority supervised by a

physician may apply to the Oklahoma Board of Nursing for authority

to prescribe and order independent of supervision.

B. The application for independent prescriptive authority shall

include proof that the Certified Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Nurse

Specialist, or Certified Nurse-Midwife:

1. Holds a valid, current license in the appropriate Advanced

Practice Registered Nurse role issued by the Board and is in good

standing with the Board; and

2. Has completed a minimum of six thousand two hundred forty

(6,240) clinical practice hours with prescriptive authority

supervised by a physician. This paragraph shall not be construed to

exclude practice hours with supervised prescriptive authority

obtained prior to the effective date of this act from being counted

toward the hours required in this paragraph.

C. Independent prescriptive authority granted under this

section shall be valid until the expiration of the current license

to practice and may be renewed upon application to the Board at the

same time and for the same period as the renewal of the license to

practice.

D. The Board may suspend or revoke independent prescriptive

authority granted under this section in accordance with the

Administrative Procedures Act for violation of the provisions of, or

the rules promulgated under, the Oklahoma Nursing Practice Act.

E. The Board may assess a reasonable fee for the review of

initial and renewal applications under the provisions of this

section.