Physician duties · CRNA · New Hampshire
Signing for a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist in New Hampshire: what the physician takes on
No agreement is required, so the terms are whatever you both negotiate. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists practice independently in New Hampshire, so any agreement is voluntary.
CRNAs practice under the same RSA 326-B:11 APRN plenary-authority grant as NPs, independently of physician supervision since 1991. NH is also a CMS Medicare-reimbursement opt-out state for CRNA physician-supervision (requested 2002) and is among states with no CRNA-specific practice language in statute — the general APRN framework governs instead.
What you take on as the physician
The rules the physician relationship has to follow. Each fact comes from the statute or board rule listed under sources.
Proximity
No proximity requirement
No physician relationship required. NH's statutes contain no CRNA-specific practice-requirement language at all (confirmed via AANA state-practice summary) — the general APRN grant in RSA 326-B:11 is what governs.
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 · controlled substances permitted
Covered by the same RSA 326-B:11 plenary-authority grant as other APRNs; CRNA prescribing in practice is concentrated in the periprocedural/anesthesia context, but NH statute does not itself scope CRNA prescriptive authority narrower than other APRNs the way Virginia's § 54.1-2957.01 does — not independently confirmed against an anesthesia-specific rule.
Written agreement
Not required
Unconditional — no supervising-physician or agreement requirement applies to CRNA practice in NH, and no CRNA-specific statutory carve-out narrows this.
Practice ownership (corporate practice of medicine)
Non-licensee ownership permitted — Same framework as the general `np` entry — no independent CPOM doctrine in NH; a CRNA may alternatively organize as a Professional Corporation under RSA 294-A, restricted to 'qualified persons.'
What physicians charge for this role
Typical monthly compensation in New Hampshire
$500 – $600
Estimate for one Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. Standard-tier state.
About New Hampshire's rules
RSA 326-B:11 gives all APRN categories (NP/CRNA/CNM/CNS) plenary, independent practice authority with no supervising-physician or collaborative-agreement requirement and no experience-based transition period — unlike NC/VA. PA title changes to 'physician associate' effective 1/1/2027 (not yet live). NH has no independent corporate-practice-of-medicine doctrine; secondary sources disagree on how far that extends — verify before relying on any CPOM entry below.
Other clinicians in New Hampshire: see the state overview.