HB1030

Authorizes nurse practitioners to sign physician orders for sustaining treatment (POST) in Mississippi.

Mississippi HB1030 amends the state code to allow nurse practitioners primarily responsible for attending to the care of an individual to sign physician orders for sustaining treatment (POST). The bill specifies that POST must be reviewed and signed by a physician or nurse practitioner to be valid. It also outlines the process for completing, implementing, reviewing, and revoking POST, including the requirement for annual reviews or earlier if there is a substantial change in the patient's health status or treatment preferences.