Submission

AMA submission to the ​Nurse and Midwifery Board proposed prescribing models

The AMA supports collaborative models of health care where nurses and midwives may prescribe within their scopes of practice in a medically led and delegated team environment. ​ However, t​he AMA ​opposes​ independent or autonomous prescribing of Schedule 4 and 8 medicines by nurses or midwives​.