Can an NP prescribe Tirzepatide in California?

Yes, California NPs may prescribe tirzepatide when it is within their education, training, competence, and applicable California prescribing authority.¹² Tirzepatide is not a DEA-controlled medication, so controlled-substance rules are not the key issue for this medication.

For NPs practicing under standardized procedures, furnishing or ordering must be consistent with educational preparation or clinical competence and covered by the applicable standardized procedures or protocols.¹ Qualifying California NPs under Sections 2837.103 or 2837.104 may prescribe pharmacological agents without standardized procedures when that statutory pathway applies.²

Ordinary prescription-drug, facility, payer, and pharmacy requirements may still apply. This answer does not address compounding, shortage, weight-loss-program, telehealth, payer, or facility policy issues.