Lisa Marie Burton, MSN, ARNP, PMHCNS-BC; The Petitioner is seeking the Board’s interpretation of 2010 Florida Statutes, Section 464.012(4)(c)(5), that as a CNS, she may diagnose human responses to actual or potential behavioral health problems, ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Board of Nursing

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Board of Nursing has issued an order disposing of the petition for declaratory statement filed by Lisa Marie Burton, MSN, ARNP, PMHCNS-BC on October 29, 2010. The following is a summary of the agency’s disposition of the petition:

The Petitioner is seeking the Board’s interpretation of Sections 464.012(4)(c), (5), Florida Statutes (2010), that as a CNS, she may diagnose human responses to actual or potential behavioral health problems, implement therapeutic interventions without entering into a supervisory relationship or a protocol with a physician and not be subject to discipline under her ARNP certification for acts performed within the scope of practice of her CNS certification. The Board will address this petition at its next meeting.

A copy of the Order Disposing of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Joe Baker, Jr., Executive Director, Board of Nursing, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C02, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3252.