PMHNP · Oregon
Collaborative Practice Agreement for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners in Oregon
No. Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners practice independently here. Oregon does not require one.
Psychiatric-mental-health is a population focus under the single NP license (OAR 851-050-0005(9)), not a separate license category — PMHNPs follow the identical FULL-independence framework as general NPs. This entry exists for its own page/URL/calculator 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 physician availability/proximity requirement is 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
Same statutory framework as general NPs (ORS 678.390, OAR division 56); no PMHNP-specific schedule restriction found. PMHNP prescribing in practice skews toward Schedule II stimulants and Schedule IV benzodiazepines more heavily than general primary-care NP prescribing — a real-world risk/complexity difference, not a different legal limit (reflected in calculatorWeights, not here).
Written agreement
Not required
Unconditional — same as general NPs; no Oregon statute or rule differentiates PMHNPs on this point.
Practice ownership (corporate practice of medicine)
Licensee-only ownership required — Same as the general `np` entry — professional corporation under ORS 58.376; Oregon's ownership statute does not distinguish PMHNPs from other NP population foci.
Legal sources for these rules (2)
What a collaborating physician costs here
Typical monthly cost in Oregon
$500 – $600
Estimate for one Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Standard-tier state.
About Oregon's rules
Oregon has no physician-supervision requirement for NP/CNS/CRNA and replaced PA 'supervision' with a non-supervisory 'collaboration agreement' (ORS 677.495-677.525, recodified by H.B. 4010, eff. June 6, 2024). CNM and PMHNP are population foci under the single NP license (OAR 851-050-0005), not separate license categories. CRNA/CNS entity co-ownership with physicians is unconfirmed — ORS 58.376 names only physicians, PAs, and NPs.
Other clinicians in Oregon: see the state overview.