Can a nurse practitioner treat without a supervising physician in Nebraska?
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An applicant for licensure to practice as a nurse practitioner shall have a license as a registered nurse in Nebraska or authority under the Nurse Licensure Compact; evidence of having successfully completed a graduate-level program in the clinical specialty area of nurse practitioner practice accredited by a national accrediting body; proof of having passed an examination pertaining to the specific nurse practitioner role; and evidence of completion of two thousand hours of practice as a nurse practitioner.
Neb. Rev. Stat. §38-2317(1) · verified Sep 3, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
The rest of what Nebraska says on this
Every other rule we have verified under rn / np scope for injectables, each linked to its primary source.
The practice of nursing by a registered nurse means assuming responsibility and accountability for nursing actions. Nursing actions include assessing human responses to actual or potential health conditions; establishing nursing diagnoses; establishing goals and outcomes to meet identified health care needs; establishing and maintaining a plan of care; prescribing nursing interventions to implement the plan of care; and implementing the plan of care.
Neb. Rev. Stat. §38-2212(1), (2) · verified Sep 3, 2026
Practice of nursing means the performance for compensation or gratuitously of any act expressing judgment or skill based upon a systematized body of nursing knowledge.
Neb. Rev. Stat. §38-2210 (“Practice of nursing” defined) · verified Sep 3, 2026
Referral means a process whereby a nurse practitioner directs the patient to a physician or other health care practitioner for management of a particular problem or aspect of the patient’s care.
Neb. Rev. Stat. §38-2314 (“Referral” defined) · verified Sep 3, 2026
NEBRASKA ANSWERS THE PRESCRIBING HALF IN ONE SENTENCE. “A physician assistant, under a collaborative agreement with a supervising physician, may prescribe drugs and devices.” “All such prescriptions and prescription container labels shall bear the name of the physician assistant”, and “A physician assistant who prescribes controlled substances listed in Schedule II, III, IV, or V … shall obtain a federal Drug Enforcement Administration registration number.” The same collaborative agreement lets the physician assistant “plan and initiate a therapeutic regimen”.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-2055(1)-(3) (Physician assistants; prescribe drugs and devices) · verified Sep 8, 2026
⛔ AND NEBRASKA SAYS IN TERMS THAT THE SUPERVISING PHYSICIAN NEED NOT BE IN THE BUILDING. “Supervision of a physician assistant by a supervising physician shall be continuous but shall not require the physical presence of the supervising physician at the time and place that the services are rendered. A physician assistant may render services in a setting that is geographically remote from the supervising physician.” The physician must hold an unrestricted ability to supervise and be a party to the collaborative agreement, must keep that agreement on file at the primary practice site AND at each site where the physician assistant works, and “may supervise no more than four physician assistants at any one time” absent a board waiver.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-2050(1)-(4) (Physician assistants; supervision; collaborative agreement) · verified Sep 8, 2026
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