(a) The board shall, no later than ninety (90) days after April 21, 2025, develop a survey to collect the following information from nurse practitioners who have been issued a certificate of fitness from the board:(1) The specialty in which the nurse practitioner practices;(2) The specialty practiced by each of the nurse practitioner's collaborating physicians;(3) The physical address of the nurse practitioner's primary practice location;(4) The physical address of the primary practice location of each collaborating physician; and(5) How many days per week each collaborating physician is on-site with the nurse practitioner at the same practice site.
(1) The specialty in which the nurse practitioner practices;
(2) The specialty practiced by each of the nurse practitioner's collaborating physicians;
(3) The physical address of the nurse practitioner's primary practice location;
(4) The physical address of the primary practice location of each collaborating physician; and
(5) How many days per week each collaborating physician is on-site with the nurse practitioner at the same practice site.
(b) The board shall send the survey developed pursuant to subsection (a) annually to each nurse practitioner who has been issued a certificate of fitness by the board who has opted to receive email communications. The board shall send reminder communications no less than quarterly to nurse practitioners who have been contacted but have not completed the survey, and shall include the survey, a website link to the survey, or information on how to complete the survey in such communications. The board may send the survey by electronic means.
(c) On or before December 31 of each year, the board shall submit a report to the chair of the health and welfare committee of the senate and the chair of the committee of the house of representatives with jurisdiction over health-related matters containing aggregated, de-identified data on the following:(1) Statistics on the number and percentage of nurse practitioners who responded to the survey;(2) The percentage of nurse practitioners who reported having a collaborating physician in the same specialty;(3) The percentage of collaborating physicians who are on-site with nurse practitioners full time, and for those not on-site full time, the average number of days per week the collaborating physician is on-site; and(4) Such other statistics that the board may deem to be useful in informing the general assembly on the collaborating relationship between physicians and nurse practitioners who practice a specialty.
(1) Statistics on the number and percentage of nurse practitioners who responded to the survey;
(2) The percentage of nurse practitioners who reported having a collaborating physician in the same specialty;
(3) The percentage of collaborating physicians who are on-site with nurse practitioners full time, and for those not on-site full time, the average number of days per week the collaborating physician is on-site; and
(4) Such other statistics that the board may deem to be useful in informing the general assembly on the collaborating relationship between physicians and nurse practitioners who practice a specialty.
(d) The board shall include in the report required by subsection (c) any data collected on or before December 1 of each year.
(e) The board may publish and deliver the report required by subsection (c) by electronic means.
(f) As used in this section, “specialty” means:(1) As the term relates to a nurse practitioner, an area of the study of nursing completed by a nurse practitioner that leads to a national specialty certification by an organization recognized by the board of nursing; and(2) As the term relates to a physician, an area of the study of medicine completed by a physician that leads to board certification by a board approved by the American Board of Medical Specialties.
(1) As the term relates to a nurse practitioner, an area of the study of nursing completed by a nurse practitioner that leads to a national specialty certification by an organization recognized by the board of nursing; and
(2) As the term relates to a physician, an area of the study of medicine completed by a physician that leads to board certification by a board approved by the American Board of Medical Specialties.