LifeStance Health

California: Restricted Practice, outside the Nurse Licensure Compact. California NPs generally practice under standardized procedures developed collaboratively with physicians and furnish drugs and devices under physician supervision. NPs who complete a transition to practice in California of three full-time equivalent years or 4,600 hours can be certified to practice without standardized procedures in a group setting with a physician, and usually after at least three more years in good standing, in an independent setting.

South Carolina: Restricted Practice, a Nurse Licensure Compact member. South Carolina NPs must perform medical acts under a practice agreement with a physician, who must be readily available for consultation.

Colorado: Full Practice, a Nurse Licensure Compact member. Colorado NPs can practice independently and prescribe medications, including controlled substances. NPs new to prescribing first receive provisional prescriptive authority and must complete a 750 hour prescribing mentorship with a physician or an advanced practice registered nurse who has full prescriptive authority within three years to earn full prescriptive authority.

Ohio: Reduced Practice, a Nurse Licensure Compact member. Ohio NPs must have a standard care arrangement with a collaborating physician.

Rhode Island: Full Practice, a Nurse Licensure Compact member. Rhode Island NPs can practice independently.