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§ 6910. Certificates for nurse practitioner practice. 1. For issuance\nof a certificate to practice as a nurse practitioner under subdivision\nthree of section six thousand nine hundred two of this article, the\napplicant shall fulfill the following requirements:\n (a) Application: file an application with the department;\n (b) License: be licensed as a registered professional nurse in the\nstate;\n (c) Education:
(i)have satisfactorily completed educational\npreparation for provision of these services in a program registered by\nthe department or in a program determined by the department to be the\nequivalent; or\n (ii) submit evidence of current certification by a national certifying\nbody, recognized by the department; or\n (iii) meet such alternative criteria as established by
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§ 6910. Certificates for nurse practitioner practice. 1. For issuance\nof a certificate to practice as a nurse practitioner under subdivision\nthree of section six thousand nine hundred two of this article, the\napplicant shall fulfill the following requirements:\n (a) Application: file an application with the department;\n (b) License: be licensed as a registered professional nurse in the\nstate;\n (c) Education: (i) have satisfactorily completed educational\npreparation for provision of these services in a program registered by\nthe department or in a program determined by the department to be the\nequivalent; or\n (ii) submit evidence of current certification by a national certifying\nbody, recognized by the department; or\n (iii) meet such alternative criteria as established by the\ncommissioner's regulations;\n (d) Fees: pay a fee to the department of fifty dollars for each\ninitial certificate authorizing nurse practitioner practice in a\nspecialty area and a triennial registration fee of thirty dollars.\nRegistration under this section shall be coterminous with the nurse\npractitioner's registration as a professional nurse.\n 2. Only a person certified under this section shall use the title\n"nurse practitioner".\n 3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any act or\npractice authorized by any other law, rule, regulation or certification.\n 4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any activity\nauthorized, pursuant to statute, rule or regulation, to be performed by\na registered professional nurse in a hospital as defined in article\ntwenty-eight of the public health law.\n 5. The commissioner is authorized to promulgate regulations to\nimplement the provisions of this section.\n