Physician duties · CRNA · New Jersey
Signing for a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist in New Jersey: what the physician takes on
The agreement is mandatory for the clinician, which makes its duties mandatory for you. New Jersey does not name a specific instrument.
Nurse anesthesia is not one of S2996's qualifying population foci (family/individual, adult-gerontology, pediatrics, women's health, behavioral health) — CRNAs are not covered by the new independent-practice pathway and remain under anesthesia-specific physician-supervision rules with no experience-based exit.
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
administering/monitoring general anesthesia: On-site presence required
The supervising physician must be physically present and immediately available to diagnose and treat an emergency, without concurrent responsibilities (N.J.A.C. 13:35-4A).
regional anesthesia or moderate sedation: Available remotely (no on-site requirement)
A qualified supervising physician is required, but this research pass did not confirm whether NJ codifies an on-site standard for these modalities the way it does for general anesthesia — treat the exact proximity standard here as unconfirmed rather than settled.
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
NJ's APN framework includes CRNA as a certified APN category, but this research pass could not confirm a specific statutory citation for CRNA prescriptive authority distinct from the anesthesia-supervision rules above — flag for verification before relying on it.
Written agreement
Required
NJ regulates CRNA oversight through anesthesia-specific physical-presence rules (N.J.A.C. 13:35-4A), not the general APN joint-protocol statute used for NP/CNS — there is a real, mandatory supervision requirement, but whether it takes the form of a discrete written 'agreement' document (vs. facility/medical-staff policy) was not confirmed in this research pass.
Practice ownership (corporate practice of medicine)
Licensee-only ownership required — Same Professional Corporation same-profession-only rule as the `np` entry (N.J.S.A. 14A:17-1 et seq.) — a CRNA is not licensed to practice medicine.
Legal sources for these rules (3)
What physicians charge for this role
Typical monthly compensation in New Jersey
$500 – $600
Estimate for one Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. Standard-tier state.
About New Jersey's rules
S2996/A4052 (signed 3/30/2026) grants APNs in primary/behavioral-health population foci independent practice at ≥5,000 hours, ending the COVID-era waiver — but implementing regulations were not yet adopted at this writing, so several details below rely on bill text/press coverage, not a finalized rule. NJ's Professional Service Corporation Act (N.J.S.A. 14A:17-1 et seq.) is notably strict CPOM: only physicians may hold equity in a medical PC.
Other clinicians in New Jersey: see the state overview.