Practice Agreement · RN
Registered Nurse Practice Agreement in Mississippi
Mississippi law does not require a Registered Nurse 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.
General nursing licensure/scope is governed by the Nurse Practice Act (Miss. Code Ann. § 73-15) and Admin. Code Part 2830 — RNs are not subject to physician supervision or collaborative-agreement requirements for standard RN practice; only APRNs practicing beyond RN scope are.
What a Registered Nurse practice agreement covers in Mississippi
Governed by the Mississippi Board of Nursing. Each numbered item is a statutory requirement the agreement must satisfy.
The Registered Nurse ("RN") shall practice under the orders, standing orders, or delegation of the Physician. Unlike the collaborative relationship required of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, Mississippi law does not require a Board-approved protocol for this Registered Nurse's general scope of practice; the Physician shall instead be available to the Registered Nurse for consultation regarding clinical and patient care issues arising under any order or delegation.
- The agreement on file also carries 2 scope, 1 education, 2 registration clauses, generated in the document itself.
Statutes and rules cited
- Miss. Code Ann. § 73-15-20statute
Advanced practice registered nurse collaborative/consultative relationship and Board-approved protocol requirement, as compiled in the Board of Nursing's official Nurse Practice Act.
- Miss. Admin. Code Title 30, Part 2630, Ch. 1, Rule 1.2-1.3board rule
Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure rules governing physician collaboration with nurse practitioners: chart review, quarterly QA meetings, and the 75-mile free-standing-clinic rule.
- Miss. Admin. Code Title 30, Part 2615, Ch. 1board rule
Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure rules governing physician assistant practice protocols, supervision approval, on-site supervision of new graduates, and chart review.
- Miss. Admin. Code Title 30, Part 3001, Article XXXVIboard rule
Mississippi Board of Pharmacy rule authorizing pharmacists to initiate, modify, or discontinue non-scheduled drug therapy under a written protocol with a practitioner.
- Mississippi Board of Nursing, RN/LPN Renewal FAQboard guidance
Board of Nursing guidance confirming that continuing education is not required to renew an active RN license, except for reinstatement after a lapse of more than 5 years.
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
Not codified — left to the agreement
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 · no controlled-substance authority
RNs do not have independent prescriptive authority in Mississippi; they administer medications per order from an authorized prescriber.
Written agreement
Not required
Unconditional — general RN licensure is never subject to physician supervision or a collaborative agreement, unlike the APRN categories above.
Practice ownership (corporate practice of medicine)
Non-licensee ownership permitted — General RN licensure does not require a healing-arts professional corporation. This research pass did not independently pull Part 2830's full text or a specific RN-ownership statute — treat as an open item.
Not independently verified this research pass.
Legal sources for these rules (2)
- Miss. Code Ann. § 73-15 — Nurse Practice Act
- Mississippi Admin. Code Title 30, Part 2830 — Practice of Nursing
About Mississippi's rules
Mississippi has no independent-practice pathway for NPs/APRNs — a collaborative relationship plus Board-approved written protocol is required for the life of the license. Multiple 2025-2026 NP full-practice-authority bills (H.B. 813, H.B. 98, S.B. 2178) remain unconfirmed as enacted — re-verify § 73-15-20 each session.
Other clinicians in Mississippi: see the state overview.