Renewed efforts underway to allow ARNPs and PAs to prescribe controlled substances

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There’s another effort afoot in Tallahassee to allow Physician Assistants (PA) and Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners (ARNP) to write prescriptions. Rep. Cary Pigman, a Republican from Avon Park, has filed a bill (HB 423) that would allow these practitioners to prescribe controlled substances without the direct supervision of a physician, something they are prohibited from…

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