Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a)
Certificates.
(1) Nurse practitioner certificates issued to
a registered professional nurse will reflect the specialty area of nurse
practitioner academic preparation.
(2) The certificate will specify the
specialty area of practice and, when applicable, that prescriptive privileges
have been granted.
(3) A nurse
practitioner may apply for certification in more than one specialty area of
practice. A complete application and fee shall be required for each
certificate.
(b)
Professional study.
To meet the professional education requirements for
certification as a nurse practitioner in this State, the applicant shall
present evidence of:
(1)
(i) completion of an educational program
registered by the department, or a program determined by the department to be
equivalent to a registered program, which is designed and conducted to prepare
graduates to practice as nurse practitioners; or
(ii) certification as a nurse practitioner by
a national certifying body acceptable to the department; and
(2) completion of not less than
three semester hours or the equivalent in pharmacology either in an acceptable
nurse practitioner program or after other educational requirements for
certification as nurse practitioner have been satisfied. An acceptable course
in pharmacology shall be equivalent in scope and content to that required by
section
52.12 of this
Title.
(c)
Alternative criteria for certification.
(1) The department may accept as alternative
criteria for satisfaction of the pharmacotherapeutics requirement set forth in
paragraph 2 of subdivision (b) of this section any of the following:
(i) an educational program or a combination
of courses which is the substantial equivalent in content and scope to the
pharmacotherapeutics component of a registered program; or
(ii) satisfactory completion of an
examination in pharmacotherapeutics satisfactory to the department;
or
(iii) satisfactory completion of
a nationally recognized examination acceptable for licensure in New York State
as a physician assistant or as a midwife.
(2) The department may issue a certificate
upon the receipt of satisfactory evidence that an applicant licensed or
certified in another state or country has met the substantial equivalent of the
New York requirements for certification. An applicant who does not have the
substantial equivalent of all of the New York requirements may be required to
make up specific deficiencies and/or pass a proficiency examination.
(d)
Prescriptive
privilege.
An applicant who satisfies all requirements for
certification as a nurse practitioner may be authorized to issue prescriptions
pursuant to section
6902(3)(b) of the
Education Law after completing instruction, satisfactory to the department, in
New York State and Federal laws and regulations relating to prescriptions and
recordkeeping.
