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The answer can be more complex than you might think. As far as the law is concerned physician assistants (PAs) can prescribe medication in 48 states at this time. The exceptions are Florida and Kentucky. Florida is investigating adding it and expanding the scope of practice for both Nurse practitioners and physician assistants in an effort to reduce costs in their state.
Current law authorizes physician assistants to write and sign drug orders when authorized to do so by a supervising physician. If the supervising physician authorizes the physician assistant to issue drug orders for controlled substances, the physician assistant must obtain a federal DEA number with the federal Drug Enforcement Agency.