Registered professional nurse or advanced practice registered nurse; ordering, receiving, or dispensing complimentary starter dose drugs; delegation; "complimentary starter dose" defined.

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), in addition to acts, tasks, and functions delegated under section 16215, 17211a(1)(b), 17745, 17745a, or 17745b, a supervising physician may delegate in writing to a registered professional nurse the ordering, receipt, and dispensing of complimentary starter dose drugs other than controlled substances as defined in article 7 or federal law. If a delegated ordering, receipt, or dispensing of complimentary starter dose drugs described in this subsection occurs, both the registered professional nurse's name and the supervising physician's name shall be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with each order, receipt, or dispensing. (2) Subject to subsection (3), an advanced practice registered nurse may order, receive, and dispense a complimentary starter dose drug without delegation from a physician. Only the name of the advanced practice registered nurse shall be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with an order, receipt, or dispensing of a complimentary starter dose drug under this subsection. (3) An advanced practice registered nurse may order, receive, and dispense complimentary starter doses of controlled substances included in schedules 2 to 5 of part 72 as a delegated act of a physician. If a delegated ordering, receipt, or dispensing of complimentary starter dose drugs described in this subsection occurs, the advanced practice registered nurse's name and the delegating physician's name shall be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with each order, receipt, or dispensing and both the advanced practice registered nurse's and the delegating physician's DEA registration number shall be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with each order, receipt, or dispensing. (4) It is the intent of the legislature in enacting this section to allow a pharmaceutical manufacturer or wholesale distributor, as those terms are defined in part 177, to distribute complimentary starter dose drugs to an advanced practice registered nurse described in subsections (2) and (3), or to a registered professional nurse described in subsection (1), in compliance with section 503(d) of the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act, 21 USC 353. (5) As used in this section, "complimentary starter dose" means that term as defined in section 17745.