64B9-4.020. Autonomous Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Registration.  


Effective on Monday, January 25, 2021
  • 1(1) Any APRN who wishes to be registered as an autonomous APRN shall submit a completed Autonomous Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Registration with Financial Responsibility document, form DH5050-MQA-07/2020, hereby incorporated by reference and available at 36http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-12203 38on the Board’s website at www.FloridasNursing.gov. or APRN’s can register via the online portal at https://mqaonline.doh.state.fl.us/datamart/voservicesportal/.

    54(2) In order to renew a registration, a registered APRN shall be required to submit an updated Financial Responsibility document (as incorporated by reference above), as part of the APRN license renewal process.

    87(3) Three graduate-level semester hours are equivalent to forty-five (45) Continuing Education credits offered by the entities set forth in Section 108464.013(3)(b), F.S. 110and subsection 11264B9-4.002(2), 113F.A.C.

    114(a) The pharmacology course content must address the therapeutic uses and biological effects of drugs.

    129(b) The differential diagnosis course content must address advanced health assessment, differential diagnosis, critical thinking, or diagnostic reasoning.

    147(c) The continuing education credits must be earned within five (5) years prior to registration.

    162(4) For registration renewal, an autonomous APRN must complete ten (10) additional graduate-level continuing education credits fro179m a professional or national nursing specialty board listed in subsection 19064B9-4.002(2), 191F.A.C.

    192Rulemaking Authority 194464.0123 FS. 196Law Implemented 198464.0123 FS. 200History‒New 10-14-20, Amended 1-25-21.