Md. Code Regs. 10.27.07.04
Renewal of Certification.
Effective Oct 13, 2025Family Law Article, §2-301; Health-General Article, §§4-208(a), 4-212, §4-403, 5-601(c)—(e), 5-608(c), 10-616, 10-628, 13-701, and 13-704; Health Occupations Article, §§8-205(a)(1), (2), (4), and (5), and 8-302; Transportation Article, §§13-616(a) and (b), Annotated Code of Maryland; Ch. 342, Acts of 2015; Ch. 468, Acts of 2015
- A. A certification as a nurse practitioner expires at the same time as the nurse practitioner's registered nursing license.
B. Before a nurse practitioner’s certification expires, the nurse practitioner may renew the certification biennially if the nurse practitioner:
- (1) Is otherwise entitled to be certified;
(2) Submits to the Board:
- (a) Documentation of every current national certification as a nurse practitioner from a national certifying body recognized by the Board that was the basis of the Board’s initial certification under Regulation .02B of this chapter; and
- (b) A completed renewal application on the form that the Board requires; and
- (3) Pays all fees.
- C. Certified nurse practitioner renewal applicants who are authorized to practice registered nursing in this State under a multistate licensure privilege shall be periodically required to submit to a criminal history records check in accordance with the schedule and requirements set forth in COMAR 10.27.01.13J—N.
- D. The certified nurse practitioner shall ensure that the Board has a record of each renewed national certification if any national certification expires before the registered nurse license renewal date.
- E. Certification as a nurse practitioner in an area of specialization shall be deemed to have lapsed if the Board does not have a record of the current active national certification in that area of specialization.
- F. Practicing on an expired national certification is prohibited and subject to discipline under Health Occupations Article, §8-316(a), Annotated Code of Maryland.
Authority: Family Law Article, §2-301; Health-General Article, §§4-208(a), 4-212, §4-403, 5-601(c)—(e), 5-608(c), 10-616, 10-628, 13-701, and 13-704; Health Occupations Article, §§8-205(a)(1), (2), (4), and (5), and 8-302; Transportation Article, §§13-616(a) and (b), Annotated Code of Maryland; Ch. 342, Acts of 2015; Ch. 468, Acts of 2015
Effective date: March 6, 1981 (8:5 Md. R. 473)
Regulation .01B amended effective August 29, 1994 (21:17 Md. R. 1439)
Regulation .02 amended effective June 7, 1993 (20:11 Md. R. 913)
Regulation .03A amended effective June 7, 1993 (20:11 Md. R. 913)
Regulation .04 amended effective June 7, 1993 (20:11 Md. R. 913)
Regulation .05 repealed and new Regulation .05 adopted effective June 7, 1993 (20:11 Md. R. 913)
Regulation .08 adopted effective August 29, 1994 (21:17 Md. R. 1439)
Chapter revised effective July 11, 2011 (38:14 Md. R. 790)
Chapter revised effective December 10, 2015 (42:24 Md. R. 1505)
Regulation .02A amended effective August 28, 2017 (44:17 Md. R. 835)
Chapter revised effective July 2, 2018 (45:13 Md. R. 667)
Regulation .03G adopted effective October 13, 2025 (52:20 Md. R. 1002)
Regulation .07C amended effective October 13, 2025 (52:20 Md. R. 1002)