Can a nurse practitioner treat without a supervising physician in Mississippi?

The rest of what Mississippi says on this

Every other rule we have verified under rn / np scope for injectables, each linked to its primary source.

• The Nursing Practice Law includes in registered-nurse practice the execution of the medical regimen, including the administration of medications and treatments prescribed by any licensed or legally authorized physician or dentist. It adds that this shall not be deemed to include acts of medical diagnosis or prescriptions of medical, therapeutic or corrective measures, except as may be set forth by rules and regulations promulgated and implemented by the Mississippi Board of Nursing.

  Miss. Code Ann. § 73-15-5(2) · verified Sep 8, 2026

• The advanced practice registered nurse may not practice as an APRN if there is no collaborative/consultative relationship with a physician or dentist and a board-approved protocol or practice guidelines; the protocol is one that is filed with the board upon license application, license renewal, after entering into a new collaborative/consultative relationship.

  Miss. Code Ann. § 73-15-20(3) · verified Sep 8, 2026

• Registered nurses who are licensed and certified by the Mississippi Board of Nursing as nurse practitioners are not prohibited from such nursing practice, but are entitled to engage therein without a physician’s license.

  Miss. Code Ann. § 73-25-35 · verified Sep 8, 2026

• Physicians who wish to collaborate must add the APRN to his/her file via the Medical Enforcement and Licensure System (MELS) Online Licensure Gateway, or its successor, prior to the commencement of patient care under the agreed protocol, and must submit all required information regarding the collaboration to the Board. Physicians who collaborate with an APRN who either will be on-site with the physician or within seventy-five (75) miles are not required to submit the formal documentation (i.e., the protocol) to the Board for approval. Source: Miss. Code Ann. §73‐43‐11 (1972, as amended). Select to print Copy link Rule 1.4. Extended Mileage Collaboration and Board Review Physicians who plan to collaborate with APRNs in locations beyond seventy-five (75) miles from the physician, known as Extended Mileage Collaboration, must submit the protocol for approval prior to the commencement of patient care under the protocol.

  Miss. Admin. Code Title 30, Part 2630, Rules 1.3-1.4 · verified Sep 8, 2026

• An APRN practices in a collaborative relationship with a Mississippi-licensed physician whose practice is compatible with the APRN’s: The APRN must be able to communicate reliably with a collaborating physician while practicing. The APRN shall submit required formal collaborative agreement(s) to the Board prior to beginning practice.

  Miss. Admin. Code Title 30, Part 2840, Rule 1.4(C) · verified Sep 8, 2026

• Under the Board of Nursing’s prescribing rule, authorized APRNs may prescribe Schedules II, III, IV, or V. Application for this privilege requires an additional fee.

  Miss. Admin. Code Title 30, Part 2840, Rule 1.5(A) · verified Sep 8, 2026

• Licensed practical nursing is the performance of services requiring basic nursing knowledge that do not require the substantial skill, judgment, and knowledge of a registered nurse. These services are performed under the direction of a registered nurse or a licensed physician or licensed dentist and utilize standardized procedures

  Miss. Code Ann. § 73-15-5(5) · verified Sep 8, 2026

• (1) The State Board of Medical Licensure shall license and regulate the practice of physician assistants in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

  Miss. Code Ann. § 73-26-3(1) · verified Sep 8, 2026

• Supervising Physician means a doctor of medicine or a doctor of osteopathic medicine who holds an unrestricted license from the Board who practices within the state of Mississippi for a minimum of twenty (20) hours per week or eighty (80) hours per month (does not include telemedicine or chart review), whose practice or prescriptive authority is not limited as a result of voluntary surrender or legal/regulatory order, and who has been approved by the Board to supervise physician assistants.

  Miss. Admin. Code Title 30, Part 2615, Rule 1.2(C) · verified Sep 8, 2026

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