Practice Agreement · NP
Nurse Practitioner Practice Agreement in Alaska
Alaska law does not require a Nurse Practitioner to hold a named agreement with a physician. Practices still use one to define the working relationship; here is what it covers and what the state does require.
Alaska is a full-practice-authority state for all APRN roles. AS 08.68.850(1) and 12 AAC 44 Article 4 define the NP as a licensed independent practitioner with no supervising or collaborating physician required at any point.
What a Nurse Practitioner practice agreement covers in Alaska
Governed by the Alaska Board of Nursing and the Alaska Board of Pharmacy. Each numbered item is a statutory requirement the agreement must satisfy.
Alaska does not require the Nurse Practitioner to enter into a collaboration or supervision agreement with a physician. The Nurse Practitioner practices and prescribes under the Nurse Practitioner's own license, consistent with AS 08.68.
This Agreement's terms regarding the Nurse Practitioner accordingly serve to define the working relationship, referral pathways, and any Medical Director oversight between the Parties, and are not themselves required by Alaska law as a condition of the Nurse Practitioner's authority to practice.
- The agreement on file also carries 1 scope, 1 education, 1 registration clauses, generated in the document itself.
Statutes and rules cited
- Alaska Stat. § 08.80.337statute
Authorizes a pharmacist to provide patient care services, including prescribing and administering drugs and devices, under a collaborative practice agreement with a written protocol approved by a practitioner; requires the pharmacist to recognize the limits of the pharmacist's education and training. Cited from the Alaska Board of Pharmacy's own published compilation of its statutes and regulations.
Terms it has to carry
Ratio, proximity, chart review, meeting and prescribing terms the agreement has to carry, from the state's supervision rules.
Proximity
No proximity requirement
No supervising-physician relationship exists to have a proximity standard for.
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
Separate prescribing terms required · controlled substances permitted
Controlled-substance authority requires a separate board application (12 AAC 44.445: $100 fee, proof of licensure, 15 contact hours of advanced pharmacology within 2 years) distinct from base prescribing under 12 AAC 44.440. Alaska PDMP check-in required before initial Schedule II/III dispensing, then periodically thereafter.
Written agreement
Not required
Unconditional — no Alaska statute conditions NP practice on a collaborative or supervisory physician agreement.
Practice ownership (corporate practice of medicine)
Licensee-only ownership required — Same Alaska Professional Corporation Act (AS 10.45) framework as `pa` — a nursing PC's owners must be licensed in the applicable profession.
Legal sources for these rules (3)
- AS 08.68.850(1) — Definitions (Advanced Practice Registered Nurse)secondary
- 12 AAC 44, Article 4 — APRN Role and Scope of Practicesecondary
- 12 AAC 44.445 — Controlled Substance Prescriptive Authority
About Alaska's rules
All four APRN roles (NP, CRNA, CNM, CNS) share one statutory framework (AS 08.68.850, 12 AAC 44) with FULL independent practice and no collaborative agreement. PA law is mid-transition: SB 89 would add a 4,000-hour conditional pathway effective ~Sept. 16, 2026, but its enrolled text couldn't be verified — current codified law (below) still requires a standing collaborative plan with no experience-based exit.
Other clinicians in Alaska: see the state overview.