http://womenshealthnews.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/tennessee-hearing-proposed-rule-that-could-restrict-practice-of-nurse-midwives-nurse-anesthetists/

A hearing is went on yesterday afternoon on a proposed rule on tamper-resistant prescriptions, but there has apparently been a push for a language change in the proposed rule that could effectively keep nurse midwives and nurse anesthetists from doing their jobs, as it would exclude them from having the authority to prescribe medications.

The problem lies in a section of the rule [PDF, 0880-02-.23 2(b)] defining who is a “prescriber”