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Healthcare pay and roles in Louisiana
Louisiana ties a nurse practitioner to a collaborative practice agreement for as long as they practice here. The state's own medication aide program, separately, runs the longest hours of any in this cohort.
Median Healthcare Salaryin Louisiana
10%$16.00/hr
median$23.75/hr
90%$76.00/hr
Top Median Salary by Rolein Louisiana
- Pharmacist$60.00/hr
- Medical Assistant$26.90/hr
- Community Health Worker$25.11/hr
- Pharmacy Intern$23.75/hr
- Medical Scribe$21.33/hr
Top Open Rolesin Louisiana
- Pharmacy Intern53 jobs
- Pharmacy Technician47 jobs
- Pharmacist34 jobs
- Medical Scribe4 jobs
- Nurse Practitioner3 jobs
An agreement kept on site, not filed for approval
La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XLV-7911 sets six required components for a collaborative practice agreement. It needs a plan of accountability laying out prescriptive authority and each side's responsibilities, plus clinical practice guidelines documenting the drug types and categories involved. It has to say when the collaborating physician is available if they aren't physically on site, what happens if every physician is unavailable, and how patients learn about that. The last piece is a mutual acknowledgment of both sides' obligations. The rule has the agreement signed and kept on site; nothing in it calls for sending the agreement to the board for approval.
Healthcare jobs in Louisiana by role
10Your questions about healthcare jobs in Louisiana, answered
- Can a Louisiana nurse practitioner prescribe controlled substances on their own?
A Louisiana nurse practitioner needs two more items before prescribing controlled substances, on top of the collaborative practice agreement itself. A Louisiana controlled dangerous substance permit and a current DEA registration both have to be in hand for a Louisiana nurse practitioner job that reaches controlled substances, and the agreement has to name which drug schedules the prescribing covers, from Schedule III through V up to full Schedule II narcotics.
- Is there a point where a Louisiana nurse practitioner stops needing the agreement?
No. Louisiana's practice act sets out no threshold of years or hours that converts a nurse practitioner to independent practice, the way New York's hour count or Massachusetts's two years do. The collaborative practice agreement covers the entire career.
- How long is Louisiana's medication aide program?
Louisiana's medication aide program, called MAC, runs 120 hours, the longest of any medication aide program in this cohort, and it works in both nursing homes and adult residential care. It also carries no exception for a route requiring a needle. Every one of its permitted routes goes in without one.