California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 8 - Nurse Practitioners › Section 1482.4 - Requirements for a Nurse Practitioner Certification Pursuant to Business and Professions Code Section 2837.104

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) To obtain certification as a nurse
				practitioner pursuant to Section
				2837.104 of the code, an applicant
				must hold a valid and active certification as a nurse practitioner pursuant to
				Section 2837.103 of the code and submit a
				completed application with all of the following information:
(1) Applicant's full legal name ((Last Name)
				(First Name) (Middle Name) and/or (Suffix)),
(2) Other name(s) applicant has used or has
				been known by,
(3) Applicant's
				physical address,
(4) Applicant's
				mailing address, if different than the applicant's physical address. The
				mailing address may be a post office box number or other alternate
				address,
(5) Email address, if
				any,
(6) Applicant's telephone
				number,
(7) Applicant's Social
				Security Number or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number,
(8) Applicant's birthdate (month, day, and
				year),
(9) California registered
				nurse license number issued by the Board,
(10) California nurse practitioner
				certification number issued by the Board,
(11) Date of passage of the Board's national
				nurse practitioner Board certification examination. Verification of this
				passage shall be provided directly to the Board by the organization that
				administered the examination.
(12)
				Proof of holding a certification as a nurse practitioner by a national
				certification organization accredited by the National Commission for Certifying
				Agencies or the Accreditation Board for Specialty Nursing Certification (ABSNC)
				as a nurse practitioner in the category listed in Section
				1481(a) in which
				the applicant seeks certification as a nurse practitioner pursuant to Section
				2837.103 of the code. Verification
				of this certification shall be provided directly to the Board by the issuing
				organization.
(13) Proof of
				completion of a transition to practice by submitting to the Board one or more
				attestations of a physician or surgeon or a nurse practitioner practicing
				pursuant to Section
				2837.104 of the code. Any
				physician or surgeon or a nurse practitioner practicing pursuant to Section
				2837.104 of the code submitting an
				attestation must specialize in the same specialty area or category listed in
				Section 1481(a) in which
				the applicant seeks certification as a nurse practitioner pursuant to Section
				2837.104 of the code and must not
				have a familial or financial relationship with the applicant.
(A) For purposes of this subdivision,
				"transition to practice" means 4600 hours or three full-time equivalent years
				of clinical practice experience and mentorship that are all of the following:
(i) Completed in California.
(ii) Completed within five years prior to the
				date the applicant applies for certification as a nurse practitioner pursuant
				to Section
				2837.104 of the code.
(iii) Completed after certification by the
				Board of Registered Nursing as a nurse practitioner.
(iv) Completed in direct patient care in the
				role of a nurse practitioner in the category listed in Section
				1481(a) in which
				the applicant seeks certification as a nurse practitioner pursuant to Section
				2837.104 of the
				code.
(B) For purposes of
				this subdivision "financial interest" shall have the same meaning as in Section
				650.01(b)(2) of
				the code, and "familial" shall include the members of "immediate family" as
				used in Section
				650.01(b)(3) of
				the code.
(14) Proof of
				practice as a nurse practitioner pursuant to Section
				2837.103 of the code in good
				standing for at least three full-time equivalent years or 4600 hours in direct
				patient care.
(A) For purposes of this
				subdivision, "practice as a nurse practitioner pursuant to Section
				2837.103 of the code in good
				standing" means practice conducted under a current, active, and unrestricted
				license. "Unrestricted" means the applicant was not subject to a disciplinary
				action by the Board, including probation, suspension or public
				reproval.
(B) For an applicant who
				holds a Doctorate of Nursing Practice degree (DNP), "practice as a nurse
				practitioner pursuant Section
				2837.103 of the code in good
				standing" also includes any hours of direct patient care that the applicant
				provided in the course of their doctoral education so long as the direct
				patient care is both (i) in the applicant's area of National Certification
				specified in subdivision (a)(12) and (ii) provided during the doctoral part of
				the applicant's doctoral education and not credited towards the applicant's
				master's degree.
(15) A
				statement signed under penalty of perjury by the applicant that all statements
				made in the application are true and correct.