Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice and practice standards
- Federal Trade Commission Competition and the Regulation of Advanced Practice Nurses, March 2014
- Institute of Medicine Report on the Future of Nursing [click here for brief version]
- National Health Policy Forum White Paper on SOP
- Reforming Scopes of Practice – Citizen Advocacy Center
- Who will Provide Primary Care? – Josiah Macy Foundation
- Future of Nursing 2020-2030 – National Academies of Sciences Engineering Medicine
- National Scope of Practice for Nurse Practitioners
- National Standards of Practice for Nurse Practitioners
- Regulations Governing the Licensure of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses: regulations adopted by state agencies in the Commonwealth of Virginia (updated daily)
- Regulations for Prescriptive Authority for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
- Regulations Governing the Practice of Nursing
Virginia Law
The Code of Virginia contains the laws passed by the General Assembly and signed by the Governor for the Commonwealth of Virginia which is updated annually on July 1, to reflect the legislation passed during the previous session.
Excerpts from the Medical Practice Act of the Code of Virginia Relating to Advanced Practice Registered Nurses