Can a physician assistant inject or prescribe in Montana?
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Short answer
Yes — a board-licensed PA practices medicine and may inject and prescribe within the scope they are educationally prepared for and competent in; a PA with fewer than 8,000 hours of postgraduate clinical experience must work under a collaborative agreement.
A physician, office, firm, state institution, or professional service corporation may not employ or make use of the services of a physician assistant in the practice of medicine, as defined in 37-3-102 , and as provided in this chapter and a physician assistant may not be employed or practice as a physician assistant unless the physician assistant: (1) is licensed by the board; (2) has paid to the board the applicable fees required by the board; and (3) engages in practice for which the physician assistant is educationally prepared and for which the physician assistant has achieved and maintained competency.
Mont. Code Ann. § 37-20-301 · verified Sep 8, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
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The term also includes administration, teaching, counseling, supervision, delegation, and evaluation of nursing practice and the administration of medications and treatments prescribed by physicians, naturopathic physicians, physician assistants, optometrists, advanced practice registered nurses, dentists, osteopaths, or podiatrists authorized by state law to prescribe medications and treatments. Each registered nurse is directly accountable and responsible to the consumer for the quality of nursing care rendered.
Mont. Code Ann. § 37-8-102(9) · verified Sep 8, 2026
"Practice of practical nursing" means the performance of services requiring basic knowledge of the biological, physical, behavioral, psychological, and sociological sciences and of nursing procedures. The practice of practical nursing uses standardized procedures in the observation and care of the ill, injured, and infirm, in the maintenance of health, in action to safeguard life and health, and in the administration of medications and treatments prescribed by a physician, naturopathic physician, physician assistant, optometrist, advanced practice registered nurse, dentist, osteopath, or podiatrist authorized by state law to prescribe medications and treatments. These services are performed under the supervision of a registered nurse or a physician, naturopathic physician, physician assistant, optometrist, dentist, osteopath, or podiatrist authorized by state law to prescribe medications and treatments.
Mont. Code Ann. § 37-8-102(8)(a) · verified Sep 8, 2026
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