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Nurses as Petitioners: A Legal Mapping of State Extreme Risk Protection Order Laws.

Lisa C Lindley¹, Christina N Policastro², Radion Svynarenko¹

¹College of Nursing, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA.

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|July 26, 2024

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Nurses can now petition for Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) in six states and D.C. This review examines these laws, finding variations in health information handling and liability protections for nurses.

Keywords:

ERPO Extreme risk protection orders legal mapping nurses petitioners

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Area of Science:

Public Health Law
Gun Violence Prevention
Nursing Practice

Background:

Gun violence is a significant public health issue in the U.S., necessitating policy interventions.
Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) laws aim to reduce firearm-related deaths and injuries by temporarily restricting firearm access for individuals deemed dangerous.
Six states and the District of Columbia have enacted legislation allowing nurses to petition for ERPOs.

Purpose of the Study:

To review state-level Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) laws that authorize nurses as petitioners.
To analyze the legal frameworks governing nurse-initiated ERPOs, including variations in scope and protections.

Main Methods:

A legal mapping approach was employed to extract and analyze information from ERPO statutes in seven U.S. jurisdictions.
Data collected included the types of nurses authorized to petition, provisions for handling health information, and liability protections for petitioners.

Main Results:

Legislation enabling nurse ERPO petitioning was enacted between 1999 and 2023.
Authorized nurse petitioners included advanced practice registered nurses, clinical nurse specialists, nurse practitioners, professional nurses, and registered nurses, with specific roles like psychiatric/mental health and school nurses mentioned.
Statutes exhibited variability in managing health information during ERPO proceedings and offered civil/criminal liability exemptions for good-faith petitions, with differing scopes of protection.

Conclusions:

The inclusion of nurses as ERPO petitioners represents a significant development in firearm violence prevention strategies.
Variations in legal statutes regarding health information and liability require careful consideration for effective implementation.
Findings have implications for policy development, clinical practice, and future research in gun violence prevention.