Section 70. Categories of licensed nurse practitioners

A. The boards shall license nurse practitioners consistent with their specialty education and certification in the following categories (a two-digit suffix appears on licenses to designate category):

1. Adult/geriatric acute care nurse practitioner (01);

2. Family nurse practitioner (02);

3. Pediatric/primary care nurse practitioner (03);

4. Adult/geriatric primary care nurse practitioner (07);

5. Certified registered nurse anesthetist (08);

6. Certified nurse midwife (09);

7. Neonatal nurse practitioner (13);

8. Women's health nurse practitioner (14);

9. Psychiatric nurse/mental health practitioner (17); and

10. Pediatric/acute care nurse practitioner (18).

B. Other categories of licensed nurse practitioners shall be licensed if the Committee of the Joint Boards of Nursing and Medicine determines that the category meets the requirements of this chapter.

C. Nurse practitioners licensed prior to January 15, 2016, may:

1. Retain the specialty category in which they were initially licensed; or

2. If the specialty category has been subsequently deleted and if qualified by certification, be issued a license in a specialty category listed in subsection A of this section that is consistent with such certification.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR495-02-1 and VR465-07-1 § 2.2, eff. June 22, 1989; amended, Volume 12, Issue 01, eff. November 1, 1995; Volume 15, Issue 07, eff. January 20, 1999; Volume 19, Issue 19, eff. July 2, 2003; Volume 21, Issue 11, eff. March 9, 2005; Volume 32, Issue 07, eff. January 15, 2016.

Statutory Authority

§§ 54.1-2400 and 54.1-2957 of the Code of Virginia.