18VAC90-30-70. 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. Geriatric 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. Acute care nurse practitioner (16); and

10. 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 March 9, 2005 January 15, 2016, may retain:

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

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