Mississippi scope of practice for med spas
Who may perform which procedures, and under what supervision, by state. Below are the Mississippi rules that govern it, each linked to its primary source. Monitoring and reference, not legal advice.
RN / NP scope for injectables in Mississippi
THE NURSING SECTIONS CITED HERE DEFINE EACH LEVEL OF NURSING BY THE ORDER IT FOLLOWS AND TIE THE ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSE TO A COLLABORATING PHYSICIAN. Registered-nurse practice includes executing the medical regimen, including administering medications and treatments prescribed by a licensed physician or dentist, and excludes medical diagnosis and prescribing except as the Board of Nursing provides by rule; licensed practical nursing is performed under the direction of a registered nurse, physician, or dentist using standardized procedures. An advanced practice registered nurse may diagnose, treat, and manage medical conditions and may hold prescriptive authority, but must practice in a collaborative/consultative relationship with a physician or dentist holding an unrestricted Mississippi license, within a board-approved protocol filed with the board, and may not practice as an APRN without that relationship and protocol; the Board of Nursing requires reliable communication with the collaborating physician and a formal collaborative agreement submitted before practice, and lets an authorized APRN prescribe Schedules II through V. Nurse practitioners may engage in that nursing practice without a physician’s license. The medical board files each collaboration and reviews protocols for practices more than seventy-five miles from the physician. Physician assistants are licensed and regulated by the medical board and supervised by a physician who practices in Mississippi at least twenty hours a week and is approved to supervise. None of the sections cited here mentions injectables, neuromodulators, or fillers by name.
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 diagnose, treat and manage medical conditions. This may include prescriptive authority as identified by the board. Advanced practice registered nurses must practice in a collaborative/consultative relationship with a physician or dentist with an unrestricted license to practice in the State of Mississippi and within the framework of a standing protocol or practice guidelines.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-15-5(4) · 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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