Nurse Practitioner certification and licensure regulation in the state of Minnesota
To prepare:
• Review practice agreements in your state.
• Identify whether your state requires physician collaboration or supervision for nurse practitioners and, if so, what those requirements are.
• Research the following:
o How do you get certified and licensed in your state?
o What is the application process for certification in your state?
o What is the primary nurse licensure office resource website in your state?
o How does your state define the scope of practice of a nurse practitioner?
o What is included in your state’s practice agreement?
o How do you get a Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) license?
o How does your state describe a nurse practitioner’s controlled-substance prescriptive authority and what nurse practitioner drug schedules are nurse practitioners authorized to prescribe?
o In what legislative and advocacy activities are your state nurse practitioner organization(s) involved?
