S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
June 11, 2010
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Lifton) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to certification as a
clinical nurse specialist (CNS)
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6911
to read as follows:
S 6911. CERTIFICATION AS A CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST (CNS). 1. FOR
ISSUANCE OF A LICENSE 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 REGIS-
TERED 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 STATE BOARD FOR
NURSING, AND (II) MEETS ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE
DEPARTMENT TO PRACTICE AS A CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST INCLUDING THE
PASSAGE OF A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EXAMINATION ACCEPTABLE TO THE DEPART-
MENT, 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 TRIEN-
NIAL 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".
3. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY PERSON WHO IS CURRENTLY CERTI-
FIED AND PRACTICING AS A CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST OR WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD17575-02-0
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TAKE A NATIONAL CERTIFYING EXAM ACCEPTABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR CERTIF-
ICATION AS A CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST WHEN THIS SECTION TAKES EFFECT.
S 2. The provisions of this act shall not apply to any act or practice
authorized by any other law, rule, regulation or certification. The
provisions of this act shall not apply to any activity authorized,
pursuant to statute, rule or regulation, to be performed by a registered
professional nurse in a hospital as defined in article twenty-eight of
the public health law.
S 3. The commissioner of education is authorized to promulgate all
rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this act.
S 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.