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Figure 1: State licensure requirements for nurse practitionersStateNPs in statework forceRNlicensurerequiredfor NPs?Graduationfrom a NPprogramrequired?If yes, does theprogram haveto beaccredited?Accrediting bodyAre NPs required to havea master's degree?Are NPs requiredto be specialtycertified?If yes, what certifyingbodies are accepted bythe state?Is recertificationrequired? (May say"currentcertification")State requirementsfor NP continuingeducation (c.e.)Iowa 1,033 Yes. (655 Yes. (655 IowaIowa Admin. Admin. CodeCode 7.1) 7.1)No explicitrequirement.Silent.No. (Optional). "The general Yes. (655 Iowaeducational and clinical Admin. Code 7.1)requirements necessary forrecognition by the board as aspecialty area of nursingpractice are as follows: (1)Graduation from a programleading to a master's degreein a nursing clinical specialtyarea with preparation inspecialized practitioner skillsas approved by the board; or(2) Satisfactory completionof a formal advancedpractice educational programof study in a nursingspecialty area approved bythe board and appropriateclinical experience asapproved by the board."(655 Iowa Admin. Code 7.2)American Nurses Yes. (655 IowaCredentialing Center, Admin. Code 7.2)American Academy ofNurse Practitioners,American College ofNurse-MidwivesCertification Council,Council on Certification ofNurse Anesthetists,Council on Recertificationof Nurse Anesthetists,National CertificationBoard of Pediatric NursePractitioners and Nurses,National CertificationCorporation for theObstetric, Gynecologicand Neonatal NursingSpecialties, OncologyNursing CertificationOrganization, AmericanAssociation of CriticalCare Nurses CertificationCorporation. (655 IowaAdmin. Code 7.1)c.e. shall be met asrequired by therelevant nationalcertifying body. (655Iowa Admin. Code7.2)