Nurse practitioners; authorize to dispense legend drugs to patients.

SB 2193 amends Mississippi law to allow nurse practitioners (NPs) to dispense prescription medications (legend drugs) to their own patients, removing a prior restriction. This directly affects NPs who already hold prescriptive authority for non-controlled substances under existing rules. The key change explicitly permits NPs to dispense these medications without requiring a separate pharmacy relationship, while maintaining prohibitions on dispensing controlled substances (Schedules II-V) except as allowed under the Medical Cannabis Act. The bill died in committee in February 2026 and did not become law.