Kansas
PMHNP Scope And Prescribing Rules In Kansas
Since the 2022 law and rules took effect, you practice and prescribe under the Board of Nursing with no collaborative practice agreement or written protocol. Schedules II through V need a DEA registration, and malpractice insurance is required to render clinical services. AANP lists Kansas as full practice.
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Kansas PMHNP Rules At A Glance
| Topic | Kansas Rule |
|---|---|
| Practice authority | Full practice since July 1, 2022. KSA 65-1130(d)(1) lets an APRN prescribe, procure, and administer any drug consistent with role and population focus; drugs intended to cause an abortion are the only named exception. |
| Physician agreement | None. KAR 60-11-101, as amended October 14, 2022, drops the collaborative practice agreement and written protocol, and says each APRN is authorized to make independent decisions about advanced practice nursing needs. |
| Physician limit | Not applicable. No agreement is required, so no ratio applies, and Kansas has no transition or supervised hours period. What the statute does require is malpractice insurance as a condition of rendering clinical services (KSA 65-1130(d)(5)). |
| Controlled substances | Schedules II through V with a federal DEA registration. The APRN’s own DEA number must appear on each written controlled substance prescription (KSA 65-1130(d)(3); KAR 60-11-104a). |
| PDMP | K-TRACS is run by the Board of Pharmacy (KSA 65-1683). The statute authorizes prescribers to access the data but does not itself require a query before prescribing (KSA 65-1685); payer and employer policies may still require one. |
| Regulator | Kansas State Board of Nursing (ksbn.kansas.gov), agency 60 in the Kansas Administrative Regulations. The Board posts the Nurse Practice Act and the APRN regulations in article 60-11. |
Updated October 25, 2026
Practice Authority
Kansas Practice Authority Category (Full Practice)
AANP currently classifies Kansas as a full practice state on its State Practice Environment map. A PMHNP in Kansas can evaluate and diagnose patients, order and interpret tests, and start and manage treatment, including prescribing, under the exclusive licensure authority of the Kansas State Board of Nursing. There’s no state mandated career long collaborative or supervisory agreement. Kansas adopted full practice authority effective in 2022, removing prior physician collaboration and supervision requirements.
For the national comparison, the AANP State Practice Environment map and AANP’s practice information by state show where Kansas sits. The binding rules come from the Kansas State Board of Nursing.
Collaboration
Is A Collaborative Or Supervisory Agreement Required?
Once you’re licensed, Kansas doesn’t make you keep a career long collaborative or supervisory agreement. The question for a new NP is the first stretch of practice. Some full practice states require a defined transition to practice period of supervised or collaborative practice before fully independent practice, and whether one applies to you in Kansas, how long it lasts and how it’s documented all come from state rule.
Our guide to PMHNP collaborative practice agreements covers what these agreements usually contain, and the PMHNP scope of practice by state overview puts Kansas side by side with every other state.
Prescriptive Authority
Prescriptive Authority And Controlled Substances
Meet the requirements in Kansas and you can be granted prescriptive authority, which can reach controlled substances once the conditions are met. To prescribe those, you’ll need your own federal DEA registration, and some substances carry additional federal or state conditions. Federal registration goes through the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. On the state side, state law and the rules of the Kansas State Board of Nursing set the scope, any limits and the documentation.
Next Step
Credentialing Is A Separate Track
Practice authority decides what you can do in Kansas. It doesn’t get you paid. Payer enrollment runs on its own track, and our Kansas credentialing and payer enrollment guide covers it. The PMHNP credentialing guide has the national picture.
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FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Can A PMHNP Practice Independently In Kansas?
Yes. Since July 1, 2022, Kansas APRNs practice without a collaborative practice agreement or written protocol (KSA 65-1130; KAR 60-11-101 as amended October 14, 2022). There’s no supervised hours period first. You do have to hold malpractice insurance to render clinical services (KSA 65-1130(d)(5)).
Do I Need A Collaborating Physician In Kansas?
No. The 2022 law and the Board’s permanent regulations removed the requirement. A brief gap existed in July 2022, when only the prescribing rules had been approved and the rest of practice still sat under a collaborative agreement, but the remaining rules were adopted that October. Hospitals and payers can still write collaboration into their own contracts.
Can A PMHNP Prescribe Adderall In Kansas?
Yes. An APRN may prescribe any drug consistent with role and population focus, including Schedule II stimulants, once registered with the DEA (KSA 65-1130(d)). Kansas statute does not require a K-TRACS check before each controlled substance prescription (KSA 65-1685), though checking is good practice and some payers require it.
This is general information, not legal advice. It applies the general nurse practitioner rules in Kansas to PMHNPs, and those rules aren’t the same for every role. Rules change, so check with the Kansas State Board of Nursing and the AANP State Practice Environment map before you act on it. Last reviewed: October 25, 2026.
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