Backpack Healthcare

Maryland: Full Practice, a Nurse Licensure Compact member. Maryland grants full practice authority to NPs. Applicants who have never been certified as NPs by any board of nursing must name a mentor on their application, a physician or NP licensed in Maryland with at least three years of clinical practice experience, who is available for consultation and collaboration for 18 months starting on the date the Maryland Board of Nursing receives the application.

Oklahoma: Restricted Practice, a Nurse Licensure Compact member. Oklahoma NPs who prescribe must have a written supervision agreement with a supervising physician until the Board of Nursing grants them independent prescriptive authority. NPs who have completed 6,240 clinical practice hours with prescriptive authority supervised by a physician may apply for that independent authority.

Virginia: Restricted Practice, a Nurse Licensure Compact member. Virginia NPs must maintain a practice agreement documenting collaboration and consultation with a patient care team physician. An NP with the equivalent of at least three years of full-time clinical experience can apply for a license designation to practice without a practice agreement.