PMHNP · Arizona
Collaborative Practice Agreement for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners in Arizona
No. Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners practice independently here. Arizona does not require one.
Arizona licenses a single 'registered nurse practitioner' role under § 32-1601 with a declared population focus (e.g., psychiatric-mental health) tied to national certification — the statute makes no scope, supervision, or prescribing distinction by population focus. Identical to `np` above; this entry exists for its own page/URL/calculator weight.
What the collaboration 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 as general NP — no supervising-physician relationship exists.
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 framework as general NP (A.A.C. R4-19-511); psychiatric prescribing in practice skews toward Schedule II stimulants and Schedule IV benzodiazepines/hypnotics more heavily — a risk/cost judgment reflected in calculatorWeights, not a different legal limit.
Written agreement
Not required
Unconditional — same as general NP; no population-focus carve-out exists.
Practice ownership (corporate practice of medicine)
Non-licensee ownership permitted — Same as the general `np` entry — A.R.S. § 10-3301, no numeric ownership cap confirmed in the primary text located.
What a collaborating physician costs here
Typical monthly cost in Arizona
$500 – $600
Estimate for one Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Standard-tier state.
About Arizona's rules
Arizona has no explicit statutory CPOM ban; existing doctrine comes only from two optometry cases never applied to physician/PA ownership, making MSO tolerance a reasonable inference rather than a confirmed rule. NP/CNM/PMHNP have FULL practice authority with no collaborative agreement. PA's 2024 reform (A.R.S. Title 32 Ch. 25) removes the written agreement at 8,000 hours but still requires a designated collaborating physician/entity.
Other clinicians in Arizona: see the state overview.