1000-03-.03
Registered Nurse First Assistant Certificate
Cite as Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1000-03-.03
To be issued a certificate as a
Registered Nurse First Assistant with privileges to hold oneself out as a Registered Nurse First Assistant or
use the abbreviation RNFA, the applicant must meet all of the following requirements:
(1)
A current, unencumbered license as a Registered Nurse under T.C.A. Title 63, Chapter 7, or
current unencumbered licensure as a Registered Nurse with the multistate licensure privilege to
practice in Tennessee;
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(2)
A current certification in perioperative nursing or a current, unencumbered Advanced Practice
Registered Nurse certificate;
(3)
Successful completion of a Registered Nurse First Assistant education program that meets the
education standard of the Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses for a Registered Nurse
First Assistant;
(4)
Payment of the applicable fee;
(5)
Completion of the appropriate application signed under penalty of perjury.