CRNA · Idaho
Supervision Agreement for Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists in Idaho
No. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists practice independently here. Idaho does not require one.
Idaho licenses CRNAs as APRNs with the same fully independent status as NP/CNM/CNS (IDAPA 24.34.01); Idaho opted CRNAs out of the CMS Medicare physician-supervision requirement for anesthesia services.
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
No proximity requirement
No supervising-physician relationship required for clinical practice (IDAPA 24.34.01).
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
Covered by the practice agreement · controlled substances permitted
CRNA prescribing is scoped in practice to the periprocedural/anesthesia context; a CRNA-specific schedule restriction was not confirmed in this research pass.
Written agreement
Not required
Unconditional for clinical practice — same as the general `np` entry.
Practice ownership (corporate practice of medicine)
Non-licensee ownership permitted — Same as the general `np` entry — post-2016 CPOM disavowal permits broad ownership flexibility.
Legal sources for these rules (1)
What a supervising physician costs here
Typical monthly cost in Idaho
$500 – $600
Estimate for one Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. Standard-tier state.
About Idaho's rules
Idaho APRNs (NP/CRNA/CNM/CNS) have full independent practice authority. The Idaho Board of Medicine formally disavowed corporate-practice-of-medicine enforcement in March 2016 — physicians, NPs, PAs, and (per this research pass) even non-licensees may generally co-own a standard business entity, so long as licensed professionals actually deliver the care.
Other clinicians in Idaho: see the state overview.