For nurse practitioners · Minnesota

2,080 hours where physicians work beside you.

A nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist must practice at least 2,080 hours within a collaborative agreement with physicians or APRNs in a hospital or integrated clinical setting, then submits written evidence of completion to the Board of Nursing to practice independently.

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The moment

The transition, and the moment it ends

Minnesota’s 2014 modernization law reserved its transition for NPs and clinical nurse specialists: 2,080 hours of practice within a collaborative agreement — with a physician or an APRN experienced with a similar population — earned in a hospital or integrated clinical setting where APRNs and physicians actually work together. Written evidence of completion goes to the Board of Nursing, and independent practice, prescribing included, follows. The statute states the requirement as hours, not a duration.

The transition

2,080 hours of practice within a collaborative agreement in a hospital or integrated clinical setting

The moment it ends

Submission of written evidence to the Board of Nursing that the 2,080 collaborative-practice hours are complete (filed with the APRN application, or upon completing the hours)

The timeline

2014 APRN modernization law (2014 Minn. Laws ch. 235), effective Jan. 1, 2015

The statute

Minn. Stat. §148.211, subd. 1c (formerly subd. 1b, renumbered by 2017 Minn. Laws ch. 57)

The receipt

Other platforms would show a testimonial here. Gale has no Minnesota NPs to quote, and we do not invent people — so here is the dated, sourced fact instead.

Minnesota's 2014 law (effective Jan. 1, 2015) reserved its 2,080-hour transition for NPs and clinical nurse specialists only — CRNAs and nurse-midwives walked straight into full practice — and the hours must be earned where APRNs and physicians actually work side by side.

Minn. Stat. §148.211, subd. 1c (formerly subd. 1b, renumbered by 2017 Minn. Laws ch. 57)

Scope and carve-outs

The grant and the strings, at equal weight

Full scope after the hours, including independent prescribing. During the transition, practice must occur within a collaborative agreement with a physician or another APRN experienced with a similar patient population, in a hospital or integrated clinical setting where APRNs and physicians work together. The TTP applies only to NPs and clinical nurse specialists — nurse anesthetists and nurse-midwives are not subject to it.

What Gale runs

The inventory, split honestly. Nothing dark is dressed as live.

In the product today

  • Scheduling and the calendar.
  • Notes, with a scribe that drafts during the visit — you stay the final editor of every note.
  • Telehealth where the chart lives.
  • The patient record — see a sample chart, no signup.
  • Superbills for the patient who wants to claim out-of-network benefits.
  • The Fee Schedule — the one Gale document that states the fee.
  • Your practice page, in the public directory compiled from the NPPES registry.

Opening with the founding cohort

  • Concierge memberships — a monthly plan your practice sells on its own terms. Not sellable yet: enrollment fails closed behind a legal switch until counsel clears it. No countdown — when it clears, it clears.
  • The loop tracker — every referral, lab, and question a visible loop with an owner, a state, and a promised window. Closing one requires an outcome note; nothing silently expires.
  • The guided founding sequence — practice setup walked step by step with the first cohort: entity, posted prices, the practice page, the first visit.
The economics

During the transition, someone signs — and the signature is a cost line, in money or in kind. Independence retires it. What Gale adds is built to stay just as legible.

Gale’s side of the ledger is deliberately short. The software is free, and Gale earns one flat all-in fee on a transaction — charged only when your practice is actually paid, never as a subscription, never with per-feature line items, never a spread on your rate. The number itself lives in exactly one document, on purpose, so it can never quietly say two different things in two places: the Fee Schedule states it.
The playbook

The deepest state cluster we have built is California’s — eight guides on the 103/104 ladder, cited to the statute and the board’s own filings. They are California’s rules, not Minnesota’s; the same treatment is coming state by state. Until then, they show the depth of homework to expect from us.

The California playbook →
Where to start

Your page may already exist

Gale publishes a public directory compiled from the NPPES registry. Find your listing, claim it, and see how you rank for your own name — that page is the front door your independent practice will be found through.

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