Protocol · RN · Wyoming
Practice Protocol for Registered Nurses in Wyoming
Registered Nurses practice independently in Wyoming. A practice protocol is voluntary; here is what one covers and what the state does require.
RNs (general licensure, not an APRN) are not subject to physician-supervision or collaborative-agreement requirements in Wyoming; general RN practice under the Nurse Practice Act is defined without a physician-oversight condition.
What a voluntary Registered Nurse protocol covers in Wyoming
Wyoming requires no written protocol for registered nurses. These are the clauses a practice includes when it chooses to put one in writing. The Wyoming State Board of Nursing governs registered nurses here.
The Registered Nurse ("RN") shall practice under the orders, standing orders, or delegation of the Physician, consistent with Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 33-21-120 et seq. Wyoming law does not require a collaboration agreement for this Registered Nurse's general scope of practice; the Physician shall instead be available to the Registered Nurse for consultation regarding clinical and patient care issues arising under any order or delegation.
- A voluntary protocol also carries 2 scope, 1 education and 1 registration clauses, authored in the document itself.
What Wyoming does require
The supervision and prescribing rules that apply to registered nurses regardless of any protocol.
Proximity
Not codified
Supervision ratio
Not codified — no cap on file
Chart review
Not codified
Meeting cadence
Not codified
Prescriptive authority
No agreement needed to prescribe · no controlled-substance authority
RNs do not have independent prescriptive authority in Wyoming; they administer medications only as ordered by an authorized prescriber.
Written agreement
Not required
Unconditional — general RN licensure is never subject to physician supervision or a collaborative agreement, unlike the APRN/PA categories above.
Practice ownership (corporate practice of medicine)
Non-licensee ownership permitted — General RN licensure does not require a professional corporation under W.S. § 17-3-101 — non-clinical businesses an RN might own (staffing agency, home health agency) fall under general corporation/LLC law and carry no ownership restriction.
For medical-aesthetics (med-spa) businesses performing delegated medical procedures, RN ownership of the business entity does not remove the need for physician delegation and oversight of the procedures themselves.
Sources for the supervision rules (1)
About Wyoming's rules
Wyoming is a full-independence state for ALL FOUR APRN roles (NP, CRNA, CNM, CNS) under the APRN Consensus Model — no supervision/collaboration agreement required. PAs are separate: permanent physician supervision under W.S. 33-26, capped at 3 PAs per physician absent Board-approved good cause (W.S. 33-26-504) — one of the few explicit numeric PA ratio caps on file.
Other clinicians in Wyoming: see the state overview.