§ 6911 — Certification as a clinical nurse specialist (CNS)

§ 6911. Certification as a clinical nurse specialist (CNS). 1. For\nissuance of a certificate to practice as a clinical nurse specialist\nunder section six thousand nine hundred two of this article, the\napplicant shall fulfill the following requirements:\n (a) file an application with the department;\n (b) be licensed as a registered professional nurse in this state;\n (c) (i) have satisfactorily completed an educational program\nregistered by the department including a master's or doctoral degree, or\na post-master's certificate from a program acceptable to the department\nwhich prepares graduates to practice as CNSs and which is accredited by\na national nursing accredited body acceptable to the department, and\n(ii) meets all other requirements established by the department to\npractice as a clinical nurse specialist, or (iii) have received\neducational preparation determined by the department to be the\nsubstantial equivalent of subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of this paragraph;\nand\n (d) pay a fee to the department of fifty dollars for each initial\ncertificate authorizing clinical nurse specialist practice and a\ntriennial registration fee of thirty dollars. Registration under this\nsection shall be coterminous with the clinical nurse specialist's\nregistration as a professional nurse.\n 2. Only a person certified under this section shall use the title\n"clinical nurse specialist" or the designation "CNS".\n