ORS 678.375: Nurse practitioners; licenses; prohibitions; authority to sign reports of death; authority to prescribe.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) The Oregon State Board of Nursing is authorized to issue licenses to licensed registered nurses to practice as nurse practitioners if they meet the requirements of the board pursuant to ORS 678.380. (2) A person may not practice as a nurse practitioner or hold oneself out to the public or to an employer, or use the initials, name, title, designation or abbreviation as a nurse practitioner until and unless the person is licensed by the board. (3) A registered nurse licensed as a nurse practitioner is authorized to complete and sign reports of death. Reports of death signed by a nurse practitioner fulfill the requirements of the laws dealing with reports of death. A nurse practitioner who completes a report of death shall comply with ORS 432.133. (4) A registered nurse licensed as a nurse practitioner is authorized to prescribe drugs for the use of and administration to other persons if approval has been given under ORS 678.390. The drugs that the nurse practitioner is authorized to prescribe must be included within the nurse practitioner’s scope of practice as defined by rules of the board. (5) A licensed pharmacist may fill and a licensed pharmacist or an employee of the licensed pharmacist may dispense medications prescribed by a nurse practitioner in accordance with the terms of the prescription. The filling of a prescription described in this subsection does not constitute evidence of negligence on the part of the pharmacist if the prescription was dispensed within the reasonable and prudent practice of pharmacy. (6) As used in this section: (a) “Drug” means: (A) Articles recognized as drugs in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official National Formulary, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia, other drug compendium or any supplement to any of them; (B) Articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in human beings; (C) Articles other than food that are intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of human beings; and (D) Articles intended for use as a component of any articles specified in subparagraph (A), (B) or (C) of this paragraph. (b) “Prescribe” means to direct, order or designate the preparation, use of or manner of using by spoken or written words or other means. [1975 c.205 §8; 1979 c.785 §1; 1993 c.469 §9; 1993 c.571 §28; 2001 c.357 §1; 2001 c.623 §5; 2008 c.4 §2; 2013 c.366 §77; 2019 c.358 §37; 2021 c.189 §5]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 851-031-0008: Competency Requirements — authority
- OAR 851-031-0043: Prescriptive and Dispensing Authority — implements
- OAR 851-031-0048: Renewal of License — authority
- OAR 851-031-0051: License Reinstatement — authority
- OAR 851-031-0052: Exceptions to Rules — implements
- OAR 851-031-0055: Disciplinary Reinstatement — authority
- OAR 851-045-0063: Standards related to the RN who is employed by or contracted with a long-term care facility or in-home care agency. — implements
- OAR 851-045-0064: Standards related to the RN who Provides Nursing Services through their own Business Structure — implements
- OAR 851-055-0000: Purpose of Scope and Standards of Practice — implements
- OAR 851-055-0000: Purpose of Scope and Standards of Practice — authority
- OAR 851-055-0010: Scope and Standards of Practice for All Licensed Advanced Practice Registered Nurses — implements
- OAR 851-055-0010: Scope and Standards of Practice for All Licensed Advanced Practice Registered Nurses — authority
- OAR 851-055-0020: Scope of Practice for Licensed Nurse Practitioners (NP) — implements
- OAR 851-055-0020: Scope of Practice for Licensed Nurse Practitioners (NP) — authority
- OAR 851-055-0030: Scope and Standards of Practice for Licensed Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists — implements
- OAR 851-055-0030: Scope and Standards of Practice for Licensed Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists — authority
- OAR 851-055-0040: Scope and Standards of Practice for Licensed Clinical Nurse Specialist — implements
- OAR 851-055-0040: Scope and Standards of Practice for Licensed Clinical Nurse Specialist — authority
- OAR 851-055-0050: Expanding Scope of Practice within OSBN Issued APRN License — implements
- OAR 851-055-0050: Expanding Scope of Practice within OSBN Issued APRN License — authority
- OAR 851-055-0070: Standards for Prescriptive Authority — implements
- OAR 851-055-0070: Standards for Prescriptive Authority — authority
- OAR 851-055-0072: Conduct Derogatory to the Standards of Nursing of Prescriptive or Dispensing Authority — implements
- OAR 851-055-0072: Conduct Derogatory to the Standards of Nursing of Prescriptive or Dispensing Authority — authority
- OAR 851-055-0076: Drug Delivery and Dispensing — implements
- OAR 851-055-0076: Drug Delivery and Dispensing — authority
- OAR 851-055-0078: Rules Relating to Controlled Substances — implements
- OAR 851-055-0078: Rules Relating to Controlled Substances — authority
- OAR 851-055-0080: Office-Based Procedure Care Standards — implements
- OAR 851-055-0080: Office-Based Procedure Care Standards — authority
- OAR 851-055-0090: Special Provisions — implements
- OAR 851-055-0090: Special Provisions — authority
- OAR 853-050-0005: Continuing Education Requirements for Residential Care Administrators — implements
- OAR 853-050-0005: Continuing Education Requirements for Residential Care Administrators — authority
This rule cites
- ORS 678.380 — resolved
- ORS 432.133 — resolved
- ORS 678.390 — resolved
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- ORS 87.555: Hospitals, physicians, physician associates and nurse practitioners as lien claimants.
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- ORS 109.640: Right to reproductive health care, medical treatment or dental treatment without parental consent.
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- ORS 432.005: Definitions.
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- ORS 433.017: Test of blood of pregnant woman required; patient consent; rules.
- ORS 433.260: Exclusion of persons exposed to or having restrictable disease from school or children’s facility; certificate for readmission.
- ORS 435.205: Family planning and birth control services by public agencies; fees.
- ORS 436.200: Voluntary sterilization.
- ORS 443.075: Services and supplies prescribed by physician, naturopathic physician, physician associate or nurse practitioner.
- ORS 475.528: Provision of single-use drug test strips, drug testing tools to certain minors; exceptions.
- ORS 475.744: Providing hypodermic device or pipe to minor prohibited; exception.
- ORS 475.950: Failure to report precursor substances transaction.
- ORS 475.975: Unlawful possession of iodine in its elemental form; recording transfers; unlawful distribution of iodine in its elemental form.
- ORS 475.976: Unlawful possession of iodine matrix; recording transfers; unlawful distribution of iodine matrix.
- ORS 475.978: Methyl sulfonyl methane; transfers; records; rules.
- ORS 656.245: Medical services to be provided; worker choice of provider; restrictions on providers outside managed care organizations; director exclusion of medical treatments; when workers to receive services as prescribed in managed care organization contract; provision of services by nurse practitioners and physician associates; administrative review of disapproved claims; rules.
- ORS 656.797: Certification by nurse practitioner of review of required materials.
- ORS 676.340: Limitations on liability of health practitioners providing health care services without compensation; requirements; exceptions; attorney fees; applicability.
- ORS 676.555: Management services organizations; prohibitions; exemptions; contracts; violations.
- ORS 676.650: Board of Certified Advanced Estheticians.
- ORS 676.655: Board powers; rules.
- ORS 679.618: Collaborative agreement required to practice dental therapy; required provisions; duties of dentist.
- ORS 679.621: Dental therapist scope of practice; duties of dentist; authority of dental therapist to supervise.
- ORS 680.545: Statement of health care provider before treatment by denturist.
- ORS 688.805: Exceptions to license requirements; practice requirements.
- ORS 689.527: Prohibited practices; rules.
- ORS 742.400: Duty to report claim of professional negligence to licensing board; contents of report; public disclosure and posting of reports.
- ORS 744.364: Life settlement contract requirements.
- ORS 744.367: Limitations on ability to enter life settlement contract; exceptions.
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- OAR 419-300-0005: Definitions
- OAR 575-071-0000: Definitions
- OAR 575-073-0030: Application and Selection
- OAR 581-015-2000: Definitions
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- OAR 818-038-0030: Collaborative Agreements
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Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors678.html