PMHNP · Wyoming
Collaborative Practice Agreement for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners in Wyoming
No. Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners practice independently here. Wyoming does not require one.
Wyoming'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 Consensus-Model full-practice-authority framework as general NPs. 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 is required.
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
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 rather than a different legal limit.
Written agreement
Not required
Unconditional — same Consensus-Model full-practice-authority framework as general NPs; no collaborating-physician agreement required.
Practice ownership (corporate practice of medicine)
Licensee-only ownership required — Same as the general `np` entry — a single-profession professional corporation under W.S. § 17-3-101; Wyoming's ownership statute does not distinguish PMHNPs from other NP population foci.
Legal sources for these rules (1)
What a collaborating physician costs here
Typical monthly cost in Wyoming
$500 – $600
Estimate for one Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Standard-tier state.
About Wyoming's rules
Wyoming is a full-independence state for ALL FOUR APRN roles (NP, CRNA, CNM, CNS) under the APRN Consensus Model — no supervision/collaboration agreement required. PAs are separate: permanent physician supervision under W.S. 33-26, capped at 3 PAs per physician absent Board-approved good cause (W.S. 33-26-504) — one of the few explicit numeric PA ratio caps on file.
Other clinicians in Wyoming: see the state overview.