PAs have full prescriptive authority in 44 states plus Washington, D.C., according to the Kaiser Family Foundation and the American Academy of Physician Assistants. Data is pulled from Barton ...

Throughout Texas, nurse practitioners are rallying behind a bill that would eliminate the need for NPs in the state to obtain a prescriptive authority agreement from physicians to treat patients, ...

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In New Mexico and Louisiana, deaths by suicide were reduced by between 5% and 7% since psychologists were granted prescriptive authority, according to Healthier Colorado. Nationally, there are around ...

A bill has been signed into law which requires nurse anesthetists (NAs) to have physician supervision when writing prescriptions and ordering tests and therapeutics for the immediate perioperative ...

Psychologists working in Colorado will soon be eligible to apply to prescribe mental health medications to their patients, thanks to House Bill 1071 from Colorado Springs' Rep. Mary Bradfield.

A bill has been signed into law which requires nurse anesthetists (NAs) to have physician supervision when writing prescriptions and ordering tests and therapeutics for the immediate perioperative ...