1. (a) The education program for advanced practice nursing shall meet the nursing accrediting body standards for advanced practice registered nursing.

2. (b) The curriculum plan for advanced practice registered nursing shall include:

   1. (1) Preparation in one (1) of the four (4) identified APRN roles (CRNA, certified nurse midwife, CNS, and CNP);

   2. (2) Preparation in at least one (1) of the approved population foci:

      1. (A) Family/individual across the lifespan;
      2. (B) Adult-gerontology;
      3. (C) Neonatal;
      4. (D) Pediatrics;
      5. (E) Women’s health/gender-related; and
      6. (F) Psychiatric/mental health; and

   3. (3) Three (3) separate graduate-level courses (the APRN Core):

      1. (A) Advanced physiology and pathophysiology;
      2. (B) Advanced health assessment; and
      3. (C) Advanced pharmacology.

3. (c) Clinical experiences.

   1. (1) All graduate or post-graduate programs leading to advanced practice licensure shall have a minimum of five hundred (500) supervised clinical hours in direct clinical practice during the program.
   2. (2) APRN programs preparing for two (2) population foci shall have a minimum of five hundred (500) supervised clinical hours for each population focus.
   3. (3) Clinical supervision must be congruent with current national professional organizations and nursing accrediting body standards applicable to the APRN role and population focus.
   4. (4) Student clinical experiences shall be congruent with the population focus of the role.

Codification Notes: “APRN” means advanced practice registered nurse. "CRNA" means certified registered nurse anesthetist. "CNS" means clinical nurse specialist. "CNP" means certified nurse practitioner.