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Physician assistants (PAs) have the same scope of practice as their supervising physicians when it comes to dispensing controlled substances. This means PAs can prescribe and administer controlled substances in accordance with their state's regulations and their supervising physician's instructions. Dentists are able to dispense controlled substances in certain states, but their scope of practice may differ from that of their supervising physician when it comes to prescribing and administering controlled substances. Nurse practitioners (NPs) also have similar prescribing authority to physicians, but their scope of practice may vary from state to state and between different healthcare settings. Pharmacists, on the other hand, do not have the same scope of practice as physicians when it comes to prescribing controlled substances. They may be involved in dispensing these drugs, but they do not have the authority to prescribe them.