PMHNP · Connecticut
Supervision Agreement for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners in Connecticut
Yes, a written supervising-physician agreement is required. Connecticut does not name a specific instrument.
Connecticut's Nurse Practice Act does not carve out a separate framework for psychiatric-mental-health NPs — PMHNPs are licensed and regulated identically to any other APRN population focus under §20-87a/§20-94a (see the general `np` entry). This entry exists for its own page/URL/calculator weight, not a legal distinction.
Independent practice requires: ≥3 years licensed and practicing as an APRN; ≥2,000 hours performing advanced-practice nursing activities in collaboration with a physician (§20-87a(3)).
What the supervision must look like
The rules the physician relationship has to follow. Each fact comes from the statute or board rule listed under sources.
Proximity
before the 3-year/2,000-hour independent-practice threshold: Available remotely (no on-site requirement)
Same collaboration standard as general NPs — no on-site presence or mile/minute radius is codified (§20-87a(2)(A)).
Supervision ratio
Not codified — no cap on file
Chart review
Not codified — left to the agreement
Meeting cadence
Not codified — left to the agreement
Prescriptive authority
Separate prescribing terms required · controlled substances permitted
PMHNP prescribing in practice skews toward Schedule II stimulants and Schedule IV benzodiazepines/hypnotics more heavily than general primary-care NP prescribing — not a different legal limit, but a different real-world risk profile (reflected in calculatorWeights below, not in this rule itself).
Written agreement
Required
Same as the general `np` entry — required only during the pre-independence collaboration period.
Practice ownership (corporate practice of medicine)
Licensee-only ownership required — Same as the general `np` entry — Professional Service Corporation under § 33-182a; APRNs are an independently eligible licensee category.
What a supervising physician costs here
Typical monthly cost in Connecticut
$500 – $600
Estimate for one Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Standard-tier state.
About Connecticut's rules
NP, CNS, and CRNA are all licensed as a single 'advanced practice registered nurse' category (§20-94a) sharing an identical 3-year/2,000-hour collaboration-to-independence pathway (§20-87a); CT does not statutorily distinguish PMHNP or CNS scope from general NP. CNMs are licensed separately (Ch. 377), with no written collaborative-agreement requirement. No provider type below has a codified supervision ratio cap, chart-review percentage, or on-site proximity radius outside CRNA's surgery-specific carve-out.
Other clinicians in Connecticut: see the state overview.