New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner
Subchapter B - Regulation of Professions
Part 64 - Nursing
Section 64.8 - Clinical nurse specialist certification
Universal Citation: 8 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 64.8
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Requirements for certification. An applicant for certification as a clinical nurse specialist shall:
(1) submit an application,
together with the required fee, to the department;
(2) hold an unrestricted license and current
registration to practice as a registered professional nurse in New York State;
and
(3) present evidence,
satisfactory to the department, of meeting all applicable professional
education and experience requirements for certification as a clinical nurse
specialist.
(b) Professional education and experience criteria. To meet the professional education and experience requirements for certification as a clinical nurse specialist in this State, the applicant shall present evidence of having met the criteria in one of the four paragraphs of this subdivision:
(1) completion of a clinical nurse specialist
education program registered by the department; or
(2) completion of an education program
determined by the department to be equivalent to a clinical nurse specialist
education program registered by the department and current certification as a
clinical nurse specialist by a national certifying body acceptable to the
department; or
(3) holding a
license or certification as a clinical nurse specialist issued by another state
or country and meeting the substantial equivalent of the New York State
requirements for certification, as determined by the department; or
(4) submitting an application and the
required fee for certification as a clinical nurse specialist to the department
prior to September 15, 2015 and satisfactorily meeting, as determined by the
department, the criteria set forth in subparagraph (i) or (ii) of this
paragraph prior to September 15, 2017:
(i)
completion of a master's degree program in clinical nursing practice, which is
determined by the department to be substantially equivalent to the preparation
provided by a registered clinical nurse specialist education program, and
completion, on or after January 1, 2011, of at least 3,000 hours of clinical
practice as a registered professional nurse in a clinical nurse specialty area
in a general hospital licensed pursuant to article 28 of the Public Health Law;
or
(ii) current certification as a
clinical nurse specialist by a national certifying body acceptable to the
department.
(c) Certificates.
(1) A clinical nurse specialist certificate
issued to a registered professional nurse shall reflect the nurse's specialty
area of clinical nurse specialist academic preparation.
(2) A registered professional nurse may apply
for certification as a clinical nurse specialist in more than one specialty
area of practice. A complete application and fee shall be required for each
certificate.
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