Modern Healthcare (complimentary online subscription): Maryland has become the 21st state in the union to allow nurse practitioners to practice independently of a physician. Gov. Larry Hogan signed the Nurse Practitioner Full Practice Authority Act this week. The measure allows nurse practitioners to prescribe certain drugs without having an "attestation agreement" with physicians. Maryland follows Nebraska, which enacted a similar law in March, and Minnesota, which passed legislation last year.
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