07/09/2025
Nurse Practitioners āĻĄāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻļ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ āĻāύāĻžāϰāĻž āĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻāĻŽā§āύā§āĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§
New York State Education Department (NYSED) Nurse Practitioner (NP) Certification
āύāĻŋāĻ āĻāϝāĻŧāϰā§āĻā§ Nurse Practitioner (NP) āĻšāϤ⧠āϝāĻž āϝāĻž āϞāĻžāĻāĻŦā§
1. Registered Nurse (RN) āϞāĻžāĻāϏā§āύā§āϏ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§ (New York State RN license compulsory)āĨ¤
āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻā§ RN āϞāĻžāĻāϏā§āύā§āϏ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦā§āύ, āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰāĻ NP Certificate āĻāϰ āĻāĻŦā§āĻĻāύ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦā§āύāĨ¤
2. Education Requirement:
NYSED-registered NP education program āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻā§āϰā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§,
āĻ
āĻĨāĻŦāĻž equivalent NP āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§,
āĻ
āĻĨāĻŦāĻž nationally certified āĻšāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§ (AANPCB, ANCC, PNCB, NCC āĻāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ board āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§)āĨ¤
3. Experience & Coursework Requirement:
Graduate-level pharmacotherapy coursework (āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻā§ āĻĨā§āĻā§ NP exam āύāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āύ)āĨ¤
Laws governing prescriptions & record keeping āύāĻŋā§ā§ coursework (mandatory)āĨ¤
4. Application Process (3 Pathways):
Pathway #1: NYSED-approved NP program graduate
Pathway #2: Already nationally NP certified (ANCC, AANPCB āĻāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ)
Pathway #3: āĻ
āύā§āϝ āϏā§āĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϰ NP license holder āĻ
āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻ
āύā§āϝ jurisdiction āĻĨā§āĻā§ NP graduate
āϏāĻŦ Pathway āĻāϰ āĻāύā§āϝāĻ āĻŽā§āϞāϤāĻ ā§Š āϧāĻžāĻĒâ
Form 1: Online Application + $85 fee
Form 2/2B/2C: Education, pharmacotherapy, law coursework verification (school/organization āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§)
Form 3: National certification āĻŦāĻž āĻ
āύā§āϝ āϏā§āĻā§āĻā§āϰ license verification (āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϝā§āĻā§āϝ āĻšāϝāĻŧ)
5. Fees:
$85 (certificate $50 + registration $35)
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ specialty area āĻāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž fee āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
6. Validity:
NP Certificate = Life-long valid (unless revoked)
NP Registration = 3 years (renew āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§)
7. Specialty Practice Areas:
Acute Care, Family Health, Adult Health, Pediatrics, Gerontology, Psychiatry, Womenâs Health, Oncology, Neonatology, āĻāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĨ¤
āϏāĻšāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāϞāϞā§:
āĻāĻā§ New York RN license āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ Form 1 āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ apply āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§ ($85)āĨ¤
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ education/certification verification āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻžāύ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ NYSED-āĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Prescribing laws āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϤ mandatory coursework āĻļā§āώ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āϏāĻŦ approve āĻšāϞ⧠NYSED āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ NP Certificate + 3-year Registration āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦā§āĨ¤