GuideStar Eldercare

Tennessee: Restricted Practice, a Nurse Licensure Compact member. Tennessee requires physician supervision for NPs.

Indiana: Reduced Practice, a Nurse Licensure Compact member. Indiana NPs must practice under a collaborative agreement with a physician.

Kansas: Full Practice, a Nurse Licensure Compact member. Kansas NPs have full independent practice authority.

Minnesota: Full Practice, outside the Nurse Licensure Compact. Minnesota NPs must first practice at least 2,080 hours under a collaborative agreement with a physician or with an advanced practice registered nurse who has at least three years of practice, and NPs who provide services other than primary care or mental health services must complete those hours in a setting where advanced practice registered nurses and physicians work together. After that, they may practice independently.

Texas: Restricted Practice, a Nurse Licensure Compact member. Texas requires NPs to have a prescriptive authority agreement with a supervising physician.