PMHNP · Utah
Collaborative Practice Agreement for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners in Utah
No. Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners practice independently here. Utah does not require one.
Utah's Nurse Practice Act does not carve out a separate framework for psychiatric-mental-health NPs — PMHNPs are one of the NP population foci covered by the same S.B. 36 full-practice-authority reform as general NPs (§ 58-31b-301). This entry exists for its own page/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
No supervising/collaborating physician relationship exists post-S.B. 36.
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 — no PMHNP-specific schedule restriction found. Psychiatric prescribing in practice skews toward Schedule II stimulants and Schedule IV benzodiazepines/hypnotics more heavily than general NP practice — reflected in calculatorWeights, not a different legal limit.
Written agreement
Not required
Unconditional — same S.B. 36 full-practice-authority reform as general NPs; no collaborating-physician agreement required.
Practice ownership (corporate practice of medicine)
Licensee-only ownership required — Same as the general `np` entry — Professional Corporation/PLLC under Title 16, Ch. 11 / § 48-3a-1106; Utah'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 Utah
$500 – $600
Estimate for one Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Standard-tier state.
About Utah's rules
S.B. 36 (2023) eliminated the physician-collaboration/contract requirement for ALL APRN roles (NP, CRNA, CNM, CNS), not just NPs — Utah is a full-independence state across the APRN scope. PAs remain on a separate, hours-tiered collaboration model (Utah Code § 58-70a-307) with no numeric ratio cap or chart-review percentage codified.
Other clinicians in Utah: see the state overview.