Advanced Practice

The Nurse Practitioner/Clinical Nurse Specialist Certification Application Packet is now available for download below. Alternatively, you may request an application packet to be mailed to you by calling Cristina Oates at (602) 771-7805 or via e-mail at coates@azbn.gov 

• Nurse Practitioner/Clinical Nurse Specialist Certification Application
• Board Approved Specialty Certification Areas and Examinations
• White Paper - Registered Nurse Practitioner Practicing in an Acute Care Setting
• Annotated Bibliography RNP in Acute Care Setting

Certification Requirements

Nurse Practitioners

• Arizona Revised Statutue § 32-1601(15)
• Arizona Administrative Code R4-19-505

Clinical Nurse Specialist

• Arizona Revised Statutue § 32-1601(5)
• Arizona Administrative Code R4-19-514

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

• Arizona Administrative Code R4-19-515 and R4-19-516

National Certification

Temporary Certification

• Arizona Revised Statutue § 32-1632.01

Prescribing and Dispensing Authority

• Arizona Administrative Code R4-19-511 Prescribing and Dispensing Authority; Prohibited Acts
  
• Arizona Administrative Code R4-19-512 Prescribing Drugs and Devices
  
• Arizona Administrative Code R4-19-513 Dispensing Drugs and Devices
  

Advisory Opinions

• Nurse Practitioner Description of Roles and Functions
• Epidural Analgesia by Nurse Anesthetist

Unprofessional Conduct

• Arizona Revised Statutue § 32-1601(18)
• Arizona Administrative Code R4-19-403

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