Physician duties · NP · Utah
Signing for a Nurse Practitioner in Utah: what the physician takes on
No agreement is required, so the terms are whatever you both negotiate. Nurse Practitioners practice independently in Utah, so any agreement is voluntary.
S.B. 36 (2023) eliminated the state-mandated physician contract as a condition of NP licensure — Utah became the 27th full-practice-authority state. NPs are not limited in any of the four elements of APRN practice (diagnose, treat, prescribe, refer) and need no collaborating-physician agreement.
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 supervising/collaborating physician relationship exists post-S.B. 36 — proximity is not applicable.
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
NPs prescribe Schedule II-V controlled substances under their own Utah Controlled Substance License and DEA registration, with no agreement-based gating post-S.B. 36.
Written agreement
Not required
Unconditional since S.B. 36 (2023) — no collaborating-physician contract or agreement of any kind is required for NP licensure or practice in Utah.
Practice ownership (corporate practice of medicine)
Licensee-only ownership required — Professional Corporation (Title 16, Ch. 11) or Professional LLC (§ 48-3a-1106) — an NP may independently own a single-profession nursing PC/PLLC; non-licensees may not hold equity.
Full practice authority under S.B. 36 makes NP ownership straightforward relative to states requiring physician co-ownership.
What physicians charge for this role
Typical monthly compensation in Utah
$500 – $600
Estimate for one Nurse Practitioner. Standard-tier state.
About Utah's rules
S.B. 36 (2023) eliminated the physician-collaboration/contract requirement for ALL APRN roles (NP, CRNA, CNM, CNS), not just NPs — Utah is a full-independence state across the APRN scope. PAs remain on a separate, hours-tiered collaboration model (Utah Code § 58-70a-307) with no numeric ratio cap or chart-review percentage codified.
Other clinicians in Utah: see the state overview.