For nurse practitioners · Northern Mariana Islands
The CNMI licenses NPs with full practice authority under the exclusive authority of its Board of Nursing — no physician supervision, collaboration, or transition period — per AANP's Full Practice classification.
The CNMI licenses NPs with full practice authority under the exclusive authority of its Board of Nursing — no supervision, collaboration, or transition period — per AANP’s Full Practice classification, which is the citable source here: the territory’s own code text was not reachable for primary verification, and this page says so rather than pretending otherwise.
The requirement
RN license, graduate degree in an NP role, and national certification; no supervised-practice hours or transition period identified
The moment it attaches
Initial APRN licensure by the CNMI Board of Nursing
The timeline
Longstanding; listed Full Practice on AANP's map as of October 1, 2025 (original adoption date not verified)
Other platforms would show a testimonial here. Gale has no Northern Mariana Islands NPs to quote, and we do not invent people — so here is the dated, sourced fact instead.
The CNMI is one of only two U.S. Pacific territories on AANP's October 2025 roster of 30 full-practice jurisdictions (with Guam) — its southern neighbor American Samoa remains reduced-practice.
CNMI Nurse Practice Act, administered by the CNMI Board of Nursing (nmibon.info); Commonwealth Code citation not verified this session
Full scope per AANP's Full Practice definition: evaluate patients; diagnose; order and interpret diagnostic tests; initiate and manage treatments including prescribing medications and controlled substances, under the exclusive licensure authority of the board of nursing. No carve-outs identified, but primary-source detail is unavailable.
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In the product today
Opening with the founding cohort
No physician attached means no standing invoice between you and your own practice — the economics of independence here are unusually legible. What Gale adds is built to read the same way.
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 Northern Mariana Islands’s; the same treatment is coming state by state. Until then, they show the depth of homework to expect from us.
The California playbook →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.