Nurse Practitioners – Certifications of Competency and Incapacity

In 2020 MAAPC introduced a bill that added NPs to the list of providers who are eligible to perform Capability/Capacity Evaluations and Evaluations for a Certificate of Competency: Guardianship of a Disabled Person. The bill also allows NPs to assist in the determination of terminal or end stage disease, and in determination of a persistent vegetative state. It was signed into law in May 2020 by Governor Hogan.

Health Occupations – Nurse Practitioners – Certifications of Competency and Incapacity is the first bill of its kind in the US and complements the newly updated The Future of Nursing 2020-2030 report

Please see our website for bill language and the complete Code and contact us at TheMAAPC@gmail.com if you have any questions,

Lorraine Diana

Elaine Crain

MAAPC Legislative Co-chairs