§ 6910. Certificates for nurse practitioner practice. 1. For issuance
of a certificate to practice as a nurse practitioner under subdivision
three of section six thousand nine hundred two of this article, the
applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:

(a) Application: file an application with the department;

(b) License: be licensed as a registered professional nurse in the
state;

(c) Education: (i) have satisfactorily completed educational
preparation for provision of these services in a program registered by
the department or in a program determined by the department to be the
equivalent; or

(ii) submit evidence of current certification by a national certifying
body, recognized by the department; or

(iii) meet such alternative criteria as established by the
commissioner's regulations;

(d) Fees: pay a fee to the department of fifty dollars for each
initial certificate authorizing nurse practitioner practice in a
specialty area and a triennial registration fee of thirty dollars.
Registration under this section shall be coterminous with the nurse
practitioner's registration as a professional nurse.

2. Only a person certified under this section shall use the title
"nurse practitioner".

3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any act or
practice authorized by any other law, rule, regulation or certification.

4. The provisions of this section 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.

5. The commissioner is authorized to promulgate regulations to
implement the provisions of this section.