N.Y. Education Law § 6910: Certificates for nurse practitioner practice

§ 6910. Certificates for nurse practitioner practice. 1. For issuance

of a certificate to practice as a nurse practitioner under subdivision

three of section six thousand nine hundred two of this article, the

applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:

(a) Application: file an application with the department;

(b) License: be licensed as a registered professional nurse in the

state;

(c) Education: (i) have satisfactorily completed educational

preparation for provision of these services in a program registered by

the department or in a program determined by the department to be the

equivalent; or

(ii) submit evidence of current certification by a national certifying

body, recognized by the department; or

(iii) meet such alternative criteria as established by the

commissioner's regulations;

(d) Fees: pay a fee to the department of fifty dollars for each

initial certificate authorizing nurse practitioner practice in a

specialty area and a triennial registration fee of thirty dollars.

Registration under this section shall be coterminous with the nurse

practitioner's registration as a professional nurse.

2. Only a person certified under this section shall use the title

"nurse practitioner".

3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any act or

practice authorized by any other law, rule, regulation or certification.

4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any activity

authorized, pursuant to statute, rule or regulation, to be performed by

a registered professional nurse in a hospital as defined in article

twenty-eight of the public health law.

5. The commissioner is authorized to promulgate regulations to

implement the provisions of this section.