New Jersey Board of Nursing; additional powers and duties

11. In addition to such other powers as it may by law possess, the New Jersey Board of Nursing shall have the following powers and duties: a. To promulgate, pursuant to the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of P.L.1991, c.377 (C.45:11-45 et al.), except for those subjects of rule-making authority allocated to the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs, pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1991, c.377 (C.45:11-51), or to the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services, pursuant to section 13 of P.L.1991, c.377 (C.45:11-52); b. To evaluate and pass upon the qualifications of candidates for certification as advanced practice nurses; c. To evaluate and pass upon national accreditation organizations and the holders of certificates from those organizations as necessary to award certificates pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1991, c.377 (C.45:11-48); d. To establish specialty areas of practice for advanced practice nurses; e. To take disciplinary action, in accordance with P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-14 et seq.), against an advanced practice nurse who violates the provisions of P.L.1991, c.377 (C.45:11-45 et al.), any regulation promulgated thereunder, or P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-14 et seq.); f. To approve the examination to be taken by candidates for certification; g. To set standards of professional conduct for advanced practice nurses; h. To set fees for examinations, certification, and other services consistent with section 2 of P.L.1974, c.46 (C.45:1-3.2); i. To set standards for and approve continuing education programs; and j. To determine whether the requirements of another state with respect to certification as an advanced practice nurse are substantially equivalent to those of this State in accordance with subsection c. of section 8 of P.L.1991, c.377 (C.45:11-47). k. To limit, restrict, deny, suspend, or revoke an advanced practice nurse’s licensure or prescriptive or dispensing authority. The board may take disciplinary action for: (1) prescribing, dispensing, administering, or distributing medications in an unsafe manner; (2) prescribing or distributing medications outside the advanced practice nurse’s role or population focus; or (3) prescribing, ordering, procuring, administering, dispensing and furnishing over the counter, legend, and controlled substances outside the applicable state and federal laws or regulations.