848 IAC 4-1-4 - "Nurse practitioner" defined
Authority: IC 25-23-1-7
Affected: IC 25-23-1
Sec. 4.
(a) "Nurse
practitioner" means an advanced practice nurse who provides advanced levels of
nursing client care in a specialty role, who meets the requirements of an
advanced practice nurse as outlined in section 3 of this rule, and who has
completed any of the following:
(1) A graduate
program offered by a college or university accredited by the Commission on
Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation which prepares the registered nurse
to practice as a nurse practitioner and meets the requirements of section 6 of
this rule.
(2) A certificate
program offered by a college or university accredited by the Commission on
Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation which prepares the registered nurse
to practice as a nurse practitioner and meets the requirements of section 6 of
this rule. Nurse practitioners who complete a certificate program must be
certified and maintain certification as a nurse practitioner by a national
organization which requires a national certifying examination.
(3) Prior to the promulgation of this
article, the following:
(A) A formal
organized program of study and clinical experience which prepares the
registered nurse to practice as a nurse practitioner.
(B) The required program of study at a time
when there was no credentialing or certification process available in the
specialty area of the program of study.
(b) "NP" means nurse practitioner and are the
designated authorized initials to be used by the nurse practitioner.
Notes
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