California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 8 - Nurse Practitioners › Section 1483 - Evaluation of Credentials

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				An application for evaluation of a registered nurse's qualifications to be
				certified as a nurse practitioner shall be filed with the board by submitting
				the Application for Nurse Practitioner (NP) Certification (Rev. 03/2019), which
				is hereby incorporated by reference. A temporary Nurse Practitioner (NP)
				certificate shall be obtained by submitting the Application for Temporary Nurse
				Practitioner (NP) Certificate (Rev. 03/2019), which is hereby incorporated by
				reference. In order to furnish drugs or devices in California as a Nurse
				Practitioner, the certified nurse practitioner must be issued a Nurse
				Practitioner Furnishing Number by submitting the Nurse Practitioner Furnishing
				Number Application (Rev. 03/2019), which is hereby incorporated by reference,
				for approval. Submission of each application shall be accompanied by the fee
				prescribed in Section
				1417 and such evidence, statements
				or documents as therein required by the board.
(b) The Application for Nurse Practitioner
				(NP) Certification, the Application for Temporary Nurse Practitioner (NP)
				Certificate and the Nurse Practitioner Furnishing Number Application shall
				include submission of the name of the graduate nurse practitioner education
				program or post-graduate nurse practitioner education program.
(c) The Application for Nurse Practitioner
				(NP) Certification shall include submission of an official sealed transcript
				with the date of graduation or post-graduate program completion, nurse
				practitioner category, credential conferred, and the specific courses taken to
				provide sufficient evidence the applicant has completed the required course
				work including the required number of supervised direct patient care clinical
				practice hours.
(d) A graduate from
				a board-approved nurse practitioner education program shall be considered a
				graduate of a nationally accredited program if the program held national
				nursing accreditation at the time the graduate completed the program. The
				program graduate is eligible to apply for nurse practitioner certification with
				the board regardless of the program's national nursing accreditation status at
				the time of submission of the application to the Board.
(e) The board shall notify the applicant in
				writing that the application is complete and accepted for filing or that the
				application is deficient and what specific information is required within 30
				days from the receipt of an application. A decision on the evaluation of
				credentials shall be reached within 60 days from the filing of a completed
				application. The median, minimum, and maximum times for processing an
				application, from the receipt of the initial application to the final decision,
				shall be 42 days, 14 days, and one year, respectively, taking into account
				Section 1410.4(e) which
				provides for abandonment of incomplete applications after one year.
1. Repealer
				  and new section filed 8-21-86; effective thirtieth day (Register 86, No.
				  34).
2. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 1-15-2019; operative
				  1-15-2019 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4(b)(3)
				  (Register 2019, No. 3).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending
				  subsection (a) filed 4-24-2019 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2019, No. 17).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2715,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 2815
					 and
					 2835.5,
					 Business and Professions Code.