1. (1) Nurse practitioner certificates issued to a registered professional nurse will reflect the specialty area of nurse practitioner academic preparation.
2. (2) The certificate will specify the specialty area of practice and, when applicable, that prescriptive privileges have been granted.

3. (3) A nurse practitioner may apply for certification in more than one specialty area of practice. A complete application and fee shall be required for each certificate.

   1. (i) completion of an educational program registered by the department, or a program determined by the department to be equivalent to a registered program, which is designed and conducted to prepare graduates to practice as nurse practitioners; or
   2. (ii) certification as a nurse practitioner by a national certifying body acceptable to the department; and

   (b) Professional study.

   To meet the professional education requirements for certification as a nurse practitioner in this State, the applicant shall present evidence of:

   (1)

4. (2) completion of not less than three semester hours or the equivalent in pharmacology either in an acceptable nurse practitioner program or after other educational requirements for certification as nurse practitioner have been satisfied. An acceptable course in pharmacology shall be equivalent in scope and content to that required by section 52.12 of this Title.

   (c) Alternative criteria for certification.

5. (1) The department may accept as alternative criteria for satisfaction of the pharmacotherapeutics requirement set forth in paragraph 2 of subdivision (b) of this section any of the following:

   1. (i) an educational program or a combination of courses which is the substantial equivalent in content and scope to the pharmacotherapeutics component of a registered program; or
   2. (ii) satisfactory completion of an examination in pharmacotherapeutics satisfactory to the department; or
   3. (iii) satisfactory completion of a nationally recognized examination acceptable for licensure in New York State as a physician assistant or as a midwife.

6. (2) The department may issue a certificate upon the receipt of satisfactory evidence that an applicant licensed or certified in another state or country has met the substantial equivalent of the New York requirements for certification. An applicant who does not have the substantial equivalent of all of the New York requirements may be required to make up specific deficiencies and/or pass a proficiency examination.

   (d) Prescriptive privilege.

   An applicant who satisfies all requirements for certification as a nurse practitioner may be authorized to issue prescriptions pursuant to section 6902(3)(b) of the Education Law after completing instruction, satisfactory to the department, in New York State and Federal laws and regulations relating to prescriptions and recordkeeping.

(a) Certificates.