Can a Nurse Practitioner Lose Their Job if a Physician 'Collaborator' Backs Away?

As of April, half of states and US territories have adopted full practice authority licensure laws for nurse practitioners (NPs), meaning that NPs in those states may practice in keeping with their education and experience, without physician oversight.

In the states that still require physician collaboration, if a hospital or other entity hires an NP, they also must hire a doctor for oversight. If the physician leaves town or for some other reason won't continue to be the collaborator and can't be replaced by another doctor, then the NP can't practice and has to sit idle until a new collaborator is signed up