Can a registered nurse inject Botox or filler in West Virginia?
Who treats · part of The Practice Perimeter
Short answer
The cited rules do not settle this — they only cover APRN prescriptive authority (45 pharmacology hours, then board authorization to prescribe under a collaborative agreement with a physician). Nothing here addresses an RN administering injectables.
Prescribing is the hinge in West Virginia, and it is not automatic. The Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses issues the advanced practice registered nurse license to an applicant nationally certified in one of four recognized roles, and an APRN is by virtue of that license also licensed as a registered professional nurse. Prescriptive authority is separate: an APRN becomes eligible to apply only after completing 45 contact hours of education in pharmacology and clinical management of drug therapy under a board-approved program, 15 of them within the two years immediately before entering a prerequisite collaborative relationship — and the board authorizes prescribing under the terms of a collaborative agreement, on being satisfied the collaborating physician is licensed in good standing. These claims survey the licensure and prescriptive-authority sections of the nursing article.
Drawn from 4 verified rules in this section · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
- W. Va. Code §30-7-15b(a)(3) · Sep 3, 2026
- W. Va. Code §30-7-15b(b) · Sep 3, 2026
- W. Va. Code §30-7-7(a)(2) · Sep 3, 2026
- W. Va. Code §30-7-7(d) · Sep 3, 2026
Related West Virginia rules
An advanced practice registered nurse shall be eligible to apply for authorization to prescribe drugs pursuant to section fifteen-a of this article after having completed forty-five contact hours of education in pharmacology and clinical management of drug therapy under a program approved by the board, fifteen hours of which shall have been completed within the two-year period immediately prior to entering into a prerequisite collaborative relationship.
W. Va. Code §30-7-15b(a)(3) · verified Sep 3, 2026
The board shall authorize an applicant to prescribe prescription drugs under the terms of a collaborative agreement and in accordance with section fifteen-a of this article and applicable legislative rules if the applicant has met the prerequisites of subsection (a) of this section and the board is satisfied that the collaborating physician is licensed in good standing.
W. Va. Code §30-7-15b(b) · verified Sep 3, 2026
How other states answer this
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Related West Virginia questions
- Can a nurse practitioner treat without a supervising physician in West Virginia?
- Can a physician assistant inject or prescribe in West Virginia?
Get West Virginia changes as they publish
We scan the West Virginia legislature and licensing boards daily, plus the FDA and the Federal Register. Free weekly Brief — what changed, in plain language, with the source.
Free · unsubscribe in one click · we never sell your address
← All West Virginia rules and changes · MedSpaRadar is regulatory monitoring and reference: it summarizes public laws, regulations and agency actions and links each to its source. It is not legal, medical, or compliance advice, and using it creates no attorney-client relationship. A summary can lag its source or leave out detail, and monitoring itself can be interrupted — so an absence of alerts means nothing reached you, not that nothing happened. Read the cited source, check its effective date, and confirm any change to your operations or clinical practice with qualified health-law counsel and your medical director. Legislative data via LegiScan (CC BY 4.0).