Physician duties · PMHNP · Rhode Island
Signing for a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in Rhode Island: what the physician takes on
No agreement is required, so the terms are whatever you both negotiate. Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners practice independently in Rhode Island, so any agreement is voluntary.
Same § 5-34-44 independent-practitioner framework as general NPs — RI's only PMHNP-specific carve-out found in this pass is a narrower prescribing scope (see Prescriptive Authority below), not a separate independence pathway.
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
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 · controlled substances permitted
Secondary summaries of this provision (216-RICR-40-05-3.7) read as internally inconsistent — one clause lists Schedule II stimulants as included while another excludes 'Schedules I, II, and V' generally. This entry reflects the best available reading, but the exact current regulatory text should be verified directly before relying on it for a specific prescription.
Written agreement
Not required
Unconditional — same as general `np`.
Practice ownership (corporate practice of medicine)
Licensee-only ownership required — Same as the general `np` entry — Professional Service Corporation under R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-5.1-1 et seq.
Legal sources for these rules (2)
What physicians charge for this role
Typical monthly compensation in Rhode Island
$500 – $600
Estimate for one Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Standard-tier state.
About Rhode Island's rules
RI is a Full Practice Authority state for NP/CNM (R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-34-44) and, since a 2019 reform (§ 5-54-8), no longer requires PAs to have a written practice agreement — 'collaboration' with an always-accessible physician replaced supervision and hospital ratio caps. CRNAs are the exception: RI has NOT taken the Medicare physician-supervision opt-out, and CRNA scope is statutorily bounded to the perioperative period.
Other clinicians in Rhode Island: see the state overview.