CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE

To prepare:

• Review practice agreements in your state TEXAS.
• Identify whether your state requires physician collaboration or supervision for nurse practitioners and, if so, what those requirements are.
• Research the following:
• How do you get certified and licensed in your state (TEXAS)?
• What is the application process for certification in your state TEXAS?
• What is the primary nurse licensure office resource website in your state TEXAS?
• How does your state define the scope of practice of a nurse practitioner?
• What is included in your states practice agreement?
• How do you get a Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) license?
• How does your state describe a nurse practitioners controlled-substance prescriptive authority and what nurse practitioner drug schedules are nurse practitioners authorized to prescribe?
• In what legislative and advocacy activities are your state nurse practitioner organization(s) involved?

For this Discussion, you examine professional issues for your state TEXAS , including certification and licensure, scope of practice, independent practice, prescriptive authority, and legislative activities.