Three bills in the Mississippi legislature that would allow advanced practice registered nurses to practice without physician supervision have been killed, according to a May 16 report from the American Medical Association.
The bills includes one that would have let certified registered nurse anesthetists to independently administer anesthesia. The three bills — House Bills 821, 1490 and 1652 — died in committee in March.
Other states across the country are facing the battle to expand nurse practitioners' scope. In March, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed a bill that would have permitted certain nurse practitioners to prescribe medicine without physician supervision.