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COA/CTP Application Process
Christine Armstrong, MSN, CNP
What’s Next
• You chose a certification exam.
• You joined a professional organization.
• AACN/AANP
• You apply to take the exam online
• Wait (patiently) for your OK to test.
While you wait…
• You apply for your COA which is…
• Your Certificate of Authority to Practice as an Advanced Practice RN. (APRN).
• You have to be an RN to be an APRN.
• DO NOT let your RN license lapse as it voids your COA.
• Leads to talking to the Board of Nursing.
Application
• Ohio Board of Nursing web site
• Print APN Application Packet
• No web site application as of yet.
• Can apply for COA and CTP before you graduate.
• Must be RN to get COA.
• Must have COA to get CTP-E
Application
• Form A of application is confirmation of Graduate Education
• School of Nursing must seal and submit directly to the Ohio Board of Nursing.
• Mail completed application, which needs to be notarized, with $100.00 Fee to OBN.
• Can check status of application on line.
Congratulations!
• You passed your certification exam.
• Certifying body must submit results directly to the OBN.
• Will do for free to the BN of choice but you have to ask them to send them. (e-mail).
• If an employer ??? requires proof you will have to pay for the privilege.
CTP-E
• Certificate to Practice Externship
• After you receive your COA you will receive/or apply for CTP-E.
• You must have a collaborating physician in order to receive your CTP-E.
• Will keep your application on file for 1 year.
CTP-E
• Complete application.
• $50.00 fee.
• Official school transcript.
• Completed 45 hours of a Pharmacology course within 3 years of application date.
• 6 contact hours of schedule II prescription information which include state and federal law.
CTP-E
• Externship means that you have entered into a practice arrangement consistent with a Standard Care Arrangement between a nurse with a CTP-E and one or more collaborating Physician/s during which time the nurse’s prescriptions are being reviewed and evaluated by the Physician/s.
CTP-E
• Need to complete 1500 hours of combined Direct and Indirect Supervision.
• 500 hours of Direct Supervision means that your supervisor is on site while you are writing prescriptions.
• Available for questions/collaboration .• 200 hours of the 500 hours can be with
APRN with a valid CTP if Collaborating Physician delegates.
CTP-E
• 1000 hours of Indirect Supervision means that Collaborating Physician/s review your prescriptions in a timely manner.
• Have one year to complete 1500 hours.
• Can file for an extension before CTP-E expires.
• Once completed file form B to OBN.
CTP-E
• Do not need to have a DEA number to have CTP-E.
• Once obtain DEA notify OBN.
• DEA $650.00. Employer cover cost?
• www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov
• OARRS Registration.
• www.ohiopmp.gov
SCA
• Standard Care Arrangement• Written, formal guide for planning and
evaluating a patient’s health care that is developed by a collaborating physician/s and an APRN.
• Collaborating Physician/s: SCA with APRN and is continuously available to communicate with APRN in person or with technology.
Practice
• Compensation for services rendered.
• Contract negotiation.
• Malpractice Insurance.
• DEA Number.
• National Provider Number.
• Medicare Number.
• Medicaid Number.
Practice
• Professional organizations.
• AANP
• OAAPN
• NEONP
• Mentorship/Preceptorship.
• Pay it Forward.
Practice
• Questions???