PMHNP · Idaho

Supervision Agreement for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners in Idaho

No. Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners practice independently here. Idaho does not require one.

Practice authorityIndependent practice
Written agreementNo agreement required
What Idaho calls itNo instrument required
Research date2026-09-03

Idaho's Board of Nursing rule doesn't carve out a separate framework for psychiatric-mental-health NPs — PMHNPs follow the same fully independent regime as any other NP (IDAPA 24.34.01). This entry exists for its own page/URL/calculator weight, not a legal distinction.

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

Same standard as general NPs — no physician relationship required (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

Same statutory scope as general NPs; psychiatric prescribing in practice skews toward Schedule II stimulants and Schedule IV benzodiazepines more heavily — not a different legal limit, reflected in calculatorWeights rather than this rule.

Written agreement

Not required

Unconditional — 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 Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. 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.