| Committee of Jurisdiction: | Health and Human Services |
| Occupation Regulated: | Clinical Nurse Specialist |
| Occupational Board: | Board of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses |
| Contact: | Nicole Barrett |
| Purpose: | The purpose of regulating this profession is to set standards for licensure requirements and professional practice to ensure the safe provision of specialty care services, (i.e., diabetes, wound care, or cancer care) and to provide additional access to such services by the public. |
| Regulated Professionals: | 74 |
| Year Created: | 2005 |
| Year Active: | 2005 |
| Sunset Date: | n/a |
| Statutory Authorization: | Board §§ 38-204 & 38-205; Clinical Nurse Specialist §§ 38-905 & 38-908 |
| Parent Agency: | Department of Health and Human Services |
| Number of Members: | 9 |
| Who Appoints: | Board of Health |
| Legislative Approval: | No |
| Qualifications of Members: | 1 APRN-Nurse Practitioner (NP), 1 APRN-CRNA, 1 APRN-Certified Nurse Midwife, 1 APRN-Clinical Nurse Specialist, 1 physician who works with NPs, 1 physician who works with CRNAs, 1 physician who works with Certified Nurse Midwives, & 2 public members without any specified qualifications |
| Per Diem: | Yes |
| Expense Reimbursement: | Yes |
| Term Length: | 5 Years |
| Terms Rotate or Expire at Once: | Terms Rotate |
| Required FY 2024-2023: | 1 |
| Held FY 2024-2023: | 2 |
| Required FY 2023-2022: | 1 |
| Held FY 2023-2022: | 3 |
| Required FY 2022-2021: | 1 |
| Held FY 2022-2021: | 4 |
| Required FY 2021-2020: | 1 |
| Held FY 2021-2020: | 4 |
| Required FY 2020-2019: | 1 |
| Held FY 2020-2019: | 4 |
| Support Staff: | 4 |
| Shared or Separate: | Shared |
| FY 2024-2023 Budget: | 0 |
| FY 2023-2022 Budget: | 0 |
| FY 2022-2021 Budget: | 0 |
| FY 2021-2020 Budget: | 0 |
| FY 2020-2019 Budget: | 0 |
| Other Funding Sources: | None |
| Spending Authority: | Licensure fees are deposited into the designated cash fund. Additional info sent to the Committee. |
| Government Certificates Issued: | 160 |
| Issued Certificate Descriptions: | DHHS' licensing system was unfortunately not designed to query by individual license type for a specified period of time and would require additional programming to narrow the data for this request. The number reported reflects those issued since inception. Practice includes health promotion, health supervision, illness prevention, and disease management, including assessing patients, synthesizing and analyzing data. The CNS conducts and applies research, advocates, serves as an agent of change, engages in systems management, and assesses and intervenes in complex health care problems most commonly for chronically ill and acute care patient populations. |
| Government Certificates Revoked: | 0 |
| Revoked Certificate Descriptions: | n/a |
| Government Certificates Denied: | 2 |
| Denied Certificate Descriptions: | DHHS' licensing system was unfortunately not designed to query by individual license type for a specified period of time and would require additional programming to narrow the data for this request. The number reported reflects those denied since inception. Denials include those based on disciplinary action in other states and those based on not meeting licensing requirements. |
| Government Certificates Penalties Against: | 0 |
| Penalty Certificate Descriptions: | n/a |
| Explanation of Effectiveness: | https://nebraskalegislature.gov/pdf/SurveyDocs/explanation1724445469.pdf |
| Potential Harm | APRN CNSs provide specialty services across the state in both large and small communities. If the occupation were not regulated, it would further limit access by the public to these types of services. |
| Regulation Comparison: | https://nebraskalegislature.gov/pdf/SurveyDocs/comparison1724445469.pdf |
| Subject to Regulations of Act(LB407): | Yes |
| Survey Submitted: | August 23, 2024 03:37 PM |