- Education Required for Addiction Counselor Credentialing
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- Licensed Professional Counselor Ability to Diagnose
No data available for licensed professional counselors ability to diagnose.
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- Number of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Prescribing Buprenorphine
As of August 2018, no NPs in American Samoa have received a federal waiver to treat opioid dependency with buprenorphine-containing products.
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- Number of Physician Assistants Prescribing Buprenorphine
As of August 2018, no PAs in American Samoa have received a federal waiver to treat opioid dependency with buprenorphine-containing products.
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- Peer Support Specialist Certification or Credentialing Authority
No data available for the certification of peer support specialists.
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- Certified Nurse Midwife Practice Authority
Physician relationship required for practice and prescriptive authority.
The nurse midwife must have a written protocol with an obstetrician-gynecologist. The nurse-midwife may:
- Manage the medical care of the normal obstetrical patient.
- Perform superficial minor surgical procedures.
- Manage the normal obstretrical patient during labor and delivery to include amniotomy, episiotorny and repair.
- Initiate and perform local anesthetic procedures and order the necessary anesthetic agents to perform the procedures.
- Perform postpartum examination.
- Provide gynecological cares for the essentially normal woman.
- Prescribe appropriate medications.
- Provide family planning services. A.S.A.C. §31.0445
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- Nurse Practitioner Practice Authority
Physician relationship required for practice and prescriptive authority.
NPs are required to work in general collaboration with a physician. The physician is not required to be physically present when services are performed but must be available for consultation. A.S.A.C. §31.0402
NPs are authorized to prescribe medications in general collaboration with a physician. A.S.A.C. §31.0402
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- Nurse Practitioner Authority to Sign POLST Forms
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- Nurse Practitioner as a Primary Care Provider
NPs are not explicitly recognized in administrative code as primary care providers.
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- Authority to perform ophthalmic procedures
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- Injectable Authority
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- Prescription of controlled substances
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- Dental Hygienists with Direct Access
American Samoa does not allow dental hygienists to practice with direct access.
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- Dental Therapists
Dental therapists may perform certain diagnostic, restorative and therapeutic dental procedures under supervision of a dentist. The physical presence of a dentist is not required when a dental therapist performs these procedures. A.S.A.C. §31.0402
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- Practice of Teledentistry
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- Administration of COVID-19 Vaccine
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- Prescription Adaptation
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- Prescription of Hormonal Contraceptives
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- Prescription of Tobacco Cessation Aids
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- Supervision Requirements
PAs may practice and provide services in general collaboration with a physician. The physician does not need to present when services are rendered. The physician must be available by consultation. A.S.A.C. §31.0402
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- Prescriptive Authority for Physician Assistants
PAs may prescribe medications in general collaboration with a physician. A.S.A.C. §31.0402
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- Scope of Practice Determination
The American Samoa Health Services Regulatory Board authorizes a PAs scope of practice. A.S.A.C. §31.0402
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