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                                   826

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
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Introduced  by M. of A. LIFTON, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  PERRY -- 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 CERTIFICATE TO PRACTICE AS  A  CLINICAL  NURSE  SPECIALIST
UNDER  SECTION SIX THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE, THE APPLI-
CANT 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  DEPARTMENT,  AND
(II) MEETS ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO PRAC-
TICE  AS A CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST, OR (III) HAVE RECEIVED EDUCATIONAL
PREPARATION DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO BE  THE  SUBSTANTIAL  EQUIV-
ALENT 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".

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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  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 three hundred sixty-fifth day
after it shall have become a law.