PMHNP · Kansas
Collaborative Practice Agreement for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners in Kansas
No. Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners practice independently here. Kansas does not require one.
Kansas's APRN statute does not carve out a separate framework for psychiatric-mental-health NPs — PMHNPs are covered by the same 2022 reform as any other NP (K.S.A. 65-1130). This entry exists for its own page/URL/weight, not a legal distinction from `np`.
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 standard as general NPs — no proximity requirement post-2022 reform.
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 (K.S.A. 65-1130) — PMHNP prescribing in practice skews toward Schedule II stimulants and Schedule IV benzodiazepines/hypnotics more heavily than general primary-care NP prescribing, reflected in calculatorWeights below rather than in this rule.
Written agreement
Not required
Unconditional, same as general NP.
Practice ownership (corporate practice of medicine)
Licensee-only ownership required — Same as the general `np` entry.
Legal sources for these rules (1)
What a collaborating physician costs here
Typical monthly cost in Kansas
$500 – $600
Estimate for one Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Standard-tier state.
About Kansas's rules
Senate Sub. for H.B. 2279 (eff. July 1, 2022) made Kansas a full-practice-authority state for all APRN categories (NP/PMHNP/CRNA/CNM/CNS) — no collaborative practice agreement, supervising physician, or prescribing protocol is required, with no experience threshold. The Kansas Medical Society has publicly disputed how far Board of Nursing regulations implementing this reform extend, calling some language an unauthorized expansion into medical practice — an unresolved legal/political dispute, not settled law. PAs are unaffected by this reform and remain supervised.
Other clinicians in Kansas: see the state overview.