Medscape January 11, 2021
In 2020, Florida and California passed legislation to relax scope-of-practice laws for nurse practitioners (NPs).
Florida’s new law went into effect July 1 and allowed NPs to practice independently, after completing 3000 hours of practice supervised by a physician in the past 5 years. The bill in California, which will take effect in January 2023, requires NPs to work under the supervision of a physician for 3 years before practicing independently.
Florida and California join 12 other states that require similar transition periods before allowing NPs to practice independently, and 14 others that allow full practice authority. Previously, states that expanded scope-of-practice laws tended to have more rural patient populations.
Currently, 22 states continue to have scope-of-practice laws that restrict...
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