Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE
Division 2150 - State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts
Chapter 2 - Licensing of Physicians and Surgeons
Section 20 CSR 2150-2.260 - Assistant Physician-Certificate of Prescriptive Authority

(A) A completed application on a form provided by the board;

(B) Applicants shall submit the application fee as stated in 20 CSR 2150-2.080;

(C) A supervision verification form, signed by their collaborating physician, stating that the collaborating physician has delegated to the assistant physician the authority to prescribe: Schedule II (hydrocodone)-limited to a five- (5-) day supply; Schedule III-limited to a five- (5-) day supply, except that buprenorphine may be prescribed for up to a thirty- (30-) day supply without refill for patients receiving medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorders under the direction of the collaborating physician; Schedule IV; or Schedule V. The delegated authority to prescribe shall be consistent with each professional's education, knowledge, skill, and competence. Any limitations on the physician's or assistant physician's ability to prescribe shall be listed on the supervision verification form; and

(D) An affidavit completed by their collaborating physician documenting the completion of at least one hundred twenty (120) hours in a four- (4-) month period by the assistant physician during which the assistant physician practiced with the supervising physician continuously present. Pursuant to section 334.037, RSMo such on-site supervision requirement shall not apply to assistant physicians of population-based public health services as defined in 20 CSR 2150-5.100 as of April 30, 2009, or assistant physicians providing opioid addiction treatment.