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2021 New York Laws
EDN - Education
Title 8 - The Professions
Article 139 - Nursing
6911 - Certification as a Clinical Nurse Specialist (Cns).

Universal Citation:
NY Educ L § 6911 (2021)
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§  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".

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