PMHNP · Montana
Collaborative Practice Agreement for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners in Montana
No. Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners practice independently here. Montana does not require one.
Montana's Nurse Practice Act does not carve out a separate framework for psychiatric-mental-health NPs — PMHNPs follow the same independent-practice regime as any other NP population focus (see the general `np` entry). This entry exists for its own page/URL/calculator weight, not a legal distinction.
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 physician proximity/availability requirement codified.
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
Psychiatric prescribing in practice skews toward Schedule II stimulants and Schedule IV benzodiazepines/hypnotics more heavily than general primary-care NP prescribing — not a different legal limit, reflected only in calculatorWeights below.
Written agreement
Not required
Unconditional, same as general NP — no collaborative or supervisory agreement is required.
Practice ownership (corporate practice of medicine)
Licensee-only ownership required — Same as the general `np` entry — Professional Corporation (Title 35, ch. 4, MCA); Montana's statute does not distinguish PMHNPs from other NP population foci.
What a collaborating physician costs here
Typical monthly cost in Montana
$500 – $600
Estimate for one Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Standard-tier state.
About Montana's rules
House Bill 810 (2023) would have imposed a 2-year physician/NP-collaboration requirement on APRNs; it was referred to committee and this research could not confirm it became law — current APRN statute text found shows no such requirement, so NP/CRNA/CNM/CNS are coded as independent, but verify this hasn't changed before relying on it. Montana repealed its corporate-practice-of-medicine statute in 1995; CPOM entries below reflect residual board rule, not a clear statutory line.
Other clinicians in Montana: see the state overview.