Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant Waivers to Prescribe Buprenorphine and State Scope of Practice Restrictions.

Spetz, Joanne; Toretsky, Christopher; Chapman, Susan; Phoenix, Bethany; Tierney, Matthew · JAMA · 2019

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

This study uses SAMHSA data to describe the proportions of nurse practitioners and physician assistants with waivers to prescribe buprenorphine for treating opioid use disorder and associations with state regulations restricting their scope of practice.

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