NP · Idaho
Collaborative Drug Therapy Management for Nurse Practitioners in Idaho
No. Nurse Practitioners here prescribe and adjust drug therapy on their own authority. Idaho does not require one.
Idaho is a full-practice-authority (FPA) state for NPs — an NP may evaluate, diagnose, and prescribe (including controlled substances, with DEA/Board of Pharmacy registration) without a collaborating physician, per Idaho Board of Nursing rule (IDAPA 24.34.01).
What the physician relationship 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/collaborating physician relationship is required at all for clinical practice or prescribing (IDAPA 24.34.01).
Supervision ratio
Not codified — no cap on file
Chart review
Not codified
Meeting cadence
Not codified
Prescriptive authority
No agreement needed to prescribe · controlled substances permitted
Full independent prescriptive authority, including controlled substances, subject to standard DEA/Board of Pharmacy registration.
Written agreement
Not required
Unconditional — Idaho NPs never need a physician agreement to practice their full scope.
Practice ownership (corporate practice of medicine)
Non-licensee ownership permitted — Following the Idaho Board of Medicine's 2016 corporate-practice-of-medicine disavowal, an NP may generally hold equity in a standard LLC/corporation, including one also owned by physicians or non-licensees.
Sources for the supervision rules (2)
What a collaborating physician costs here
Typical monthly cost in Idaho
$500 – $600
Estimate for one 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, so physicians, NPs, PAs and non-licensees may generally co-own a standard business entity as long as licensed professionals deliver the care.
Other clinicians in Idaho: see the state overview.