Can an NP prescribe Adderall in Florida?

Yes, but with limits — a Florida NP may prescribe Adderall (amphetamine/dextroamphetamine), a Schedule II stimulant,¹ when the APRN has the required education, training, experience, protocol or qualifying autonomous primary-care authority, qualifying graduate education for controlled-substance prescribing, and DEA registration, but a non-psychiatric APRN is generally limited to a 7-day supply; Florida’s psychiatric-medication exception applies only when a psychiatric nurse prescribes the medication.²

For Adderall, the key Florida limits are the Schedule II supply cap and the psychiatric-nurse exception. Psychiatric mental health controlled substances for a patient younger than 18 may be prescribed only by a psychiatric nurse.³ Autonomous APRN registration is limited to primary care and does not create general autonomous psychiatric-specialty authority. Prescribers generally must review Florida’s PDMP before prescribing a controlled substance to a patient age 16 or older, unless a statutory exception applies.⁴