Can a physician assistant inject or prescribe in Minnesota?
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Short answer
Yes — a Minnesota PA may prescribe, administer, and dispense drugs, controlled substances, and medical devices, and order or perform therapeutic procedures, but only under an established practice agreement; the agreement is the condition, not optional.
Physician assistants shall practice medicine only under an established practice agreement, and a physician assistant may, within that agreement, provide patient services including taking patient histories, performing physical examinations, ordering or performing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, and prescribing, administering, and dispensing drugs, controlled substances, and medical devices.
Minn. Stat. § 147A.09, subd. 1–2 · verified Sep 8, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
Related Minnesota rules
A licensed practitioner in the course of professional practice only may prescribe, administer, and dispense a legend drug, and may cause the same to be administered by a nurse or medical student or resident under the practitioner’s direction and supervision, and may cause an appropriately certified, registered, or licensed health care professional to prescribe, dispense, and administer the same within the expressed legal scope of the person’s practice as defined in Minnesota Statutes. Botulinum toxin and dermal fillers are legend drugs, so this — not the medical practice act — is the provision that answers who may inject in Minnesota.
Minn. Stat. § 151.37, subd. 2(a) · verified Sep 2, 2026
⚠️ and Minnesota expressly authorizes the standing order. a registered nurse may implement a protocol that does not reference a specific patient and results in a prescription of a legend drug that has been predetermined and delegated by a licensed practitioner, when caring for a patient whose condition falls within the protocol and when the protocol specifies the circumstances under which the drug is to be prescribed or administered. Two conditions do the work: the patient must fall inside the protocol, and the protocol must state the circumstances.
Minn. Stat. § 148.235, subd. 8 · verified Sep 2, 2026
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