The board of nursing shall authorize a licensed practical nurse to administer medications if the nurse supplies evidence satisfactory to the board that either of the following is the case:
(A) The nurse successfully completed, within a practical nurse prelicensure education program approved by the board or by another jurisdiction's agency that regulates the practice of nursing, a course in basic pharmacology.
(B) The nurse successfully completed a postlicensure course in basic pharmacology that is acceptable to the board.
Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.194, HB 303, §1, eff. 3/20/2013.