Paperwork Watch · 2026-W38
A DEA registration order lands on a nurse practitioner's file; two states still ask PAs for no paper
This week's federal notices touch prescriber registration and disability documentation rather than agreement contents. Alongside them, a look at the two jurisdictions where physician assistants file no written physician agreement at all.
On the docket
Federal notices published this week that touch clinician credentials and records.
DEA publishes a decision and order in the registration matter of a nurse practitioner
The Drug Enforcement Administration published a Decision and Order concerning Cheryl White, N.P., as a notice in the Federal Register. Registration status sits alongside the state agreement file for any practice whose nurse practitioners prescribe controlled substances.
Source: Federal Register: Cheryl White, N.P.; Decision and Order
Social Security Administration issues SSR 26-2p on documenting disability in young adults
The Social Security Administration gave notice of Social Security Ruling 26-2p, which consolidates information from its regulations on documenting and evaluating disability in young adults and rescinds and replaces SSR 11-2p. The ruling governs how the agency handles documentation submitted from a practice's records.
Where physician assistants need no written agreement at all
Two jurisdictions require no written physician agreement for physician assistants.
North Dakota
North Dakota names no written physician agreement instrument for physician assistants, so there is no document of that kind to draft, file or renew for a PA in the state.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island likewise requires no written physician agreement for physician assistants; the PA file carries no such named instrument.
Every outside claim carries the source it was read from this week. Our own research dates are on each state page. Published 2026-09-14.