§ 5-34.2-3 - Requirements for licensure of the nurse anesthetist.
SECTION 5-34.2-3
§ 5-34.2-3 Requirements for licensure ofthe nurse anesthetist. – Requirements for licensure as a nurse anesthetist shall consist of thefollowing:
(1) Current licensure as a professional registered nurse inthe state; and
(2) Graduation from an educational program accredited by theAmerican Association of Nurse Anesthetists council on accreditation of nurseanesthesia educational programs or its predecessors or successors, and whichhas as its objective preparation of nurses to practice nurse anesthesia; and
(3) Initial certification by the American Association ofNurse Anesthetists council on certification of nurse anesthetists andrecertification, as applicable by the American Association of NurseAnesthetists council on recertification of nurse anesthetists or theirpredecessors or successors.
(4) The requirements stated in subdivision (3) of thissection do not apply to a graduate nurse anesthetist awaiting initialcertification results, providing that initial certification is accomplishedwithin ninety (90) days upon completion of an accredited nurse anesthesiaeducational program.
(5) The requirements stated in subdivisions (2) and (3) ofthis section do not apply to a professional registered nurse who practicesnursing in accordance with the provisions of the Nurse Practice Act, chapter 34of this title, and who is enrolled as a bona fide student in an accreditednurse anesthesia program providing nurse anesthesia under the supervision of acertified registered nurse anesthetist and anesthesiologist.
(6) Beginning July 21, 1992, all nurse anesthetists shall beafforded the same period of time to become licensed. Notwithstanding theprovisions of this section, no person practicing as a nurse anesthetist inRhode Island on July 1, 1991, shall be required to obtain proper certificationunder this chapter. However, as required by subdivision (3) of this section,persons who become certified under this section shall become recertified asapplicable.