Physician duties · CRNA · Vermont
Signing for a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist in Vermont: what the physician takes on
The agreement is mandatory for the clinician, which makes its duties mandatory for you. Vermont does not name a specific instrument.
Same uniform APRN transition-to-practice threshold as NP/CNM/CNS (26 V.S.A. § 1614) — Vermont does not carve out a separate, stricter framework for CRNAs the way some states do.
Independent practice requires: ≥2 years and ≥2,400 hours of practice under a collaborative agreement (≥1,600 hours over ≥12 months if adding a second APRN certification).
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
below the 2,400-hour/2-year transition-to-practice threshold: Available remotely (no on-site requirement)
No codified mile/minute radius; collaborating provider may be a physician or another qualified APRN of the same role.
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
CRNAs are one of the four Vermont APRN roles with prescriptive authority (unlike Utah, where CRNAs are carved out); scope is typically periprocedural/anesthesia-related in practice, though no statutory scope limit specific to that context was located.
Written agreement
Required
Practice ownership (corporate practice of medicine)
Licensee-only ownership required — Professional Corporation under 11 V.S.A. ch. 4 — see the `np` entry's note on H.583's new majority-licensee ownership/governance conditions.
Legal sources for these rules (2)
What physicians charge for this role
Typical monthly compensation in Vermont
$500 – $600
Estimate for one Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. Standard-tier state.
About Vermont's rules
H.583 (signed June 15, 2026, eff. July 1, 2026) newly restricts private-equity/hedge-fund control and requires majority physician ownership/governance of medical practices — a major shift from Vermont's historically permissive, no-common-law-CPOM stance. All 4 APRN roles (NP, CRNA, CNM, CNS/PMHNP) share one 2,400-hour/2-year transition-to-practice threshold (26 V.S.A. § 1614) — treat as newly in effect and monitor implementing guidance.
Other clinicians in Vermont: see the state overview.