Recognition at effective date

Any registered nurse with an advanced license as a nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, nurse midwife, or certified registered nurse anesthetist on November 1, 1996, must continue to be recognized as an advanced practice registered nurse, and is eligible for renewal of the advanced practice registered nurse license under the provision of this title. These rules may not be construed to limit or restrict the advanced practice registered nurse's scope of practice statement previously approved by the board.