ALABAMA

See and Diagnose Patients: Reduced Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Undefined

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Undefined

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• Defined by governing authority

 ALASKA

See and Diagnose Patients: Full Practice

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Full permission

Perform Autonomous Practice: Full Practice 

• Recognized as primary care providers

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Undefined

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• Determined by facility bylaws

 ARIZONA

See and Diagnose Patients: Full Practice

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• Based on population area of focus/certification

Perform Autonomous Practice: Full Permission

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Full

• Recognized as primary care providers

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• Determined by facility bylaws

 ARKANSAS

See and Diagnose Patients: Reduced Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Undefined

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Undefined

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• Defined by governing authority

 CALIFORNIA

See and Diagnose Patients: Reduced Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Full Permission

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Full Permission

• Recognized as primary care providers

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• Determined by facility bylaws

 COLORADO

See and Diagnose Patients: Full Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced 

• 3 years clinical experience
• On an advanced-practice registry
• Have a responsible prescribing plan

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider:Full

• Recognized as primary care providers

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• Determined by facility bylaws

 CONNECTICUT

See and Diagnose Patients: Full Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• May prescribe based on relationship with physician
  

Perform Autonomous Practice: Full Permission

Act as a Primary Care Provider:Full Permission

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• Determined by facility bylaws

 DELAWARE

See and Diagnose Patients: Reduced Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• Must complete a minimum of 30 hours in advanced pharmacology within last 2 years
  

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Full Permission

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• Defined by facility bylaws

 FLORIDA

See and Diagnose Patients: Reduced Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• Only prescribe certain drugs specified in protocol

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Undefined

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• Determined by facility bylaws

 GEORGIA

See and Diagnose Patients: Reduced Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• Only prescribe based on specialty of collaborative physician & GA Composite Medical Board authority

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Undefined

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• Current medical staff must review new credentialing applicants

 HAWAII

See and Diagnose Patients: Full Practice

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• Must complete advanced pharmacology course

Perform Autonomous Practice: Full permission

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Full permission

• Recognized as primary care providers

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Undefine

 IDAHO

See and Diagnose Patients: Full Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• Depending on specialty, must complete pharmacology CE for 10 hours every 2 years

Perform Autonomous Practice: Full Permission

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Undefined

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• Determined by facility bylaws

  ILLINOIS

See and Diagnose Patients: Reduced Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• Depends on relationship with collaborating physician and completion of pharmacology course
• Only prescribe in 30-day amount

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Undefined

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• Determined by facility bylaws

  INDIANA

See and Diagnose Patients: Reduced Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• Depends on relationship with collaborating physician and certain number of hours in pharmacology course 

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Undefined

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• Determined by facility bylaws

  IOWA

See and Diagnose Patients: Full Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• Depending on specialty and Board of Pharmacy Examiners registration

Perform Autonomous Practice: Full permission

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Full permission

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• Depends on license/school of attendance

  KANSAS

See and Diagnose Patients: Reduced Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• Depends on specialty and only for certain drugs
• May prescribe controlled substances by filling CSVF with state BON

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Undefined

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Full Permission

• May join medical staffs

  KENTUCKY

See and Diagnose Patients: Reduced Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• Depends on relationship with collaborating physician
• KASPER account needed to prescribe 30-days-worth of controlled drugs
  

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Full

• Recognized as primary care providers

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Restricted

• May not join medical staff

  LOUISIANA

See and Diagnose Patients: Reduced Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Restricted

• Can’t prescribe schedule II-controlled substances for chronic pain, intractable pain, or obesity

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Undefined

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• Requires physicians recommendation

  MAINE

See and Diagnose Patients: Full Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• Depends on specialty 
• May prescribe certain drugs after completing a pharmacology course or after a certain amount of prescribing experience
• May also certify patients for medical marijuana

Perform Autonomous Practice: Full permission

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Undefined

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Full Permission

• May join medical staffs

  MARYLAND

See and Diagnose Patients: Full Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• May prescribe legend drugs with a certification to a practice as a CRNP
  

Perform Autonomous Practice: Full Permission

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Full Permission

• Recognized as primary care providers

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Undefined

  MASSACHUSETTS

See and Diagnose Patients: Full Practice

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• Authorization of practice guidelines written by collaborating physician needed
• Prescribe certain drugs after completing pharmacology education
• Amounts and refills limited

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Full Permission 

• Recognized as primary care providers

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Full Permission

• May join medical staff

  MICHIGAN

See and Diagnose Patients: Restrictedduced Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• Can prescribe certain drugs under the authority of collaborating physician
• Only prescribe a limited amount of schedule-II drugs in hospitals
  

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Undefined

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• May be selected by the board of trustees and subsidiary board for acceptance to  medical staff

  MINNESOTA

See and Diagnose Patients: Full Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• May prescribe certain drugs depending on relationship with collaborating physician

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Full Permission

• Recognized as primary care providers

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• Determined by facility bylaws

  MISSISSIPPI

See and Diagnose Patients: Reduced Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• Can apply for controlled substance authority after practicing for a certain number of monitored hours by the BON

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Undefined

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• Determined by facility bylaws

  MISSOURI

See and Diagnose Patients: Restricted Practice

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• Only authorized to prescribe hydrocodone combination products

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Undefined

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Restricted

• May not join medical staff

  MONTANA

See and Diagnose Patients: Full Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• May prescribe certain drugs after completing advanced pharmacology course

Perform Autonomous Practice: Full Permission

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Full Permission

• Recognized as primary care providers

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Full Permission

• May join medical staff

  NEBRASKA

See and Diagnose Patients: Full Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• May prescribe certain drugs after completing pharmatherapeutics course

Perform Autonomous Practice: Full Permission

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Undefined

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• Determined by facility bylaws

  NEVADA

See and Diagnose Patients: Full Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• Depending on protocol with collaborating physician may prescribe certain drugs after advanced pharmatherapeutics course

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Undefined

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Full Permission

• May join medical staff

  NEW HAMPSHIRE

See and Diagnose Patients: Full Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• May prescribe certain drugs after completing educational requirement

Perform Autonomous Practice: Full Permission

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Full Permission

• Recognized as primary care providers

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Undefined

  NEW JERSEY

See and Diagnose Patients: Reduced Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• May prescribe certain drugs after pharmacology course

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Full Permission

• Recognized as primary care providers

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• May be accepted into medical staffs based on same requirements of physician acceptance

  NEW MEXICO

See and Diagnose Patients: Full Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• May prescribe certain drugs after verification and specified number of hours and work experience

Perform Autonomous Practice: Full Permission 

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Full Permission

• Recognized as primary care providers

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Full Permission

• May join medical staff

  NEW YORK

See and Diagnose Patients: Reduced Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• May prescribe certain drugs after completing education requirement in pharmatherapeutics and completing specified number of practice hours with collaborating physician

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Full Permission

• Recognized as primary care providers

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Full Permission

• May join medical staff

  NORTH CAROLINA

See and Diagnose Patients: Restricted Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• Depends on education and certification/may prescribe limited amounts of legend drugs and controlled substances
  

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Undefined

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff:  Full Permission

• May join medical staff

  NORTH DAKOTA

See and Diagnose Patients: Full Practice

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• Can prescribe certain drugs after completing an educational requirement in pharmacotherapy, physical assessment, and pathophysiology 

Perform Autonomous Practice: Full Permission

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Full Permission

• Recognized as primary care providers

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Full Permission

• May join medical staff

  OHIO

See and Diagnose Patients: Reduced Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• May prescribe certain drugs after completing an educational requirement in pharmacology, prescribing, and controlled substance prescribing

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Full Permission

• Recognized as primary care providers

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• Determined by facility bylaws

  OKLAHOMA

See and Diagnose Patients: Restricted Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• Depends on specialty, can only prescribe certain drugs after completing an educational requirement in pharmacotherapeutic management in the last three years 

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Full Permission

• Recognized as primary care providers

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• Determined by facility bylaws

  OREGON

See and Diagnose Patients: Full Practice

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• Depends on scope of practice
• Can prescribe certain drugs after completing a specified number of hours in pharmacology education

Perform Autonomous Practice: Full Permission

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Full Permission 

• Recognized as primary care providers

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• May join medical staff

  PENNSYLVANIA

See and Diagnose Patients: Reduced Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• May prescribe certain drugs depending on relationship with collaborating physician/specialty 

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Full Permission

• Recognized as primary care providers

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Restricted

• Can't join medical staff

  RHODE ISLAND

See and Diagnose Patients: Reduced Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• May be certified to prescribe schedule II-controlled substances

Perform Autonomous Practice: Full Permission

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Full Permission

• Recognized as primary care providers

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• Determined by facility bylaws

  SOUTH CAROLINA

See and Diagnose Patients: Reduced Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• May prescribe certain drugs as long as they sign the prescription and provide their BON assigned prescriptive authority number, where they practice and collaborating physician’s information

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Undefined

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Undefined

  SOUTH DAKOTA

See and Diagnose Patients: Full Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• May prescribe a limited amount of controlled substances under certain situations

Perform Autonomous Practice: Full Permission

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Undefined

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• Determined by facility bylaws

  TENNESSEE

See and Diagnose Patients: Restricted Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• May prescribe a limited amount of schedule II drugs with preauthorization

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Full Permission

• Recognized as primary care providers

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Restricted

• Can't join medical staff

  TEXAS

See and Diagnose Patients: Reduced Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• May prescribe certain drugs after completing advanced educational pharmacotherapeutic requirements

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Full Permission

• Recognized as primary care providers

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• Determined by facility bylaws

  UTAH

See and Diagnose Patients: Reduced Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• May prescribe drugs after completing an educational requirement

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Undefined

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• May join medical staff

  VERMONT

See and Diagnose Patients: Full Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• May prescribe certain drugs after completing an educational requirement in advanced pharmacotherapeutics

Perform Autonomous Practice: Full Permission

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Undefined

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• May join medical staff

  VIRGINIA

See and Diagnose Patients: Restricted Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• May prescribe certain drugs after completing an educational requirement in pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics and after telling a patient they’re a Nurse Practitioner
  

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Undefined

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• Determined by facility bylaws

  WASHINGTON

See and Diagnose Patients: Full Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• May prescribed certain drugs after a specified number of hours of experience and pharmacotherapeutics education

Perform Autonomous Practice: Full Permission

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Full Permission

• Recognized as primary care providers

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Full Permission

• May join medical staff

  WEST VIRGINIA

See and Diagnose Patients: Reduced Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• May prescribe certain drugs depending on relationship with the collaborating physician

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Full Permission

Recognized as primary care providers

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Full Permission

• May join medical staff

  WISCONSIN

See and Diagnose Patients: Reduced Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• Depends on area of practice/ may prescribe certain drugs after completing an educational requirement in pharmacology or therapeutics

Perform Autonomous Practice: Restricted

• Must collaborate with physicians

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Undefined

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Restricted

• Can't join medical staff

  WYOMING

See and Diagnose Patients: Full Practice 

Prescribe Schedule II Drugs: Reduced

• Educational requirement in pharmacology and clinical pharmacotherapeutics

Perform Autonomous Practice: Full Permission

Act as a Primary Care Provider: Undefined

Serve as a Member of Medical Staff: Reduced

• Determined by facility bylaws

Sources:
https://www.aanp.org/advocacy/state/state-practice-environment

https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/advocacy/state/aprn-state-law-and-regulation/

https://www.bartonassociates.com/locum-tenens-resources/nurse-practitioner-scope-of-practice-laws

http://scopeofpracticepolicy.org/practitioners/nurse-practitioners/