N.Y. Education Law § 6911: Certification as a clinical nurse specialist (CNS)

§ 6911. Certification as a clinical nurse specialist (CNS). 1. For

issuance of a certificate to practice as a clinical nurse specialist

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

applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:

(a) file an application with the department;

(b) be licensed as a registered professional nurse in this state;

(c) (i) have satisfactorily completed an educational program

registered by the department including a master's or doctoral degree, or

a post-master's certificate from a program acceptable to the department

which prepares graduates to practice as CNSs and which is accredited by

a national nursing accredited body acceptable to the department, and

(ii) meets all other requirements established by the department to

practice as a clinical nurse specialist, or (iii) have received

educational preparation determined by the department to be the

substantial equivalent of subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of this paragraph;

and

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

certificate authorizing clinical nurse specialist practice and a

triennial registration fee of thirty dollars. Registration under this

section shall be coterminous with the clinical nurse specialist's

registration as a professional nurse.

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

"clinical nurse specialist" or the designation "CNS".