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a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 0938-0074. The time required to complete
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Nurse practitioner – A registered professional nurse who is currently licensed to practice in the State, who meets
the State’s requirements governing the qualifications of nurse practitioners and who meets one of the following
conditions:
1. Is currently certified as a primary care nurse practitioner by the American Nurses’ Association or by the National
Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Associates; or
2. Has satisfactorily completed a formal one academic year educational program that:
(i) prepares registered nurses to perform an expanded role in the delivery of primary care;
(ii) includes as least four months (in the aggregate) of classroom instruction and a component of supervised
clinical practice; and
(iii) awards a degree, diploma, or certificate to persons who successfully complete the program; or
3. Has successfully completed a formal educational program for preparing registered nurses to perform an
expanded role in the delivery of primary care that does not meet the requirements of paragraph (2) of this
section, and has been performing an expanded role in the delivery of primary care for a total of 12 months
during the 18-month period immediately preceding the effective date of this subpart.
Physician assistant – A person who meets the applicable State requirements governing the qualifications for
assistants to primary care physicians and who meets at least one of the following conditions:
1. Is currently certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants to assist primary care
physicians; or
2. Has satisfactorily completed a program for preparing physician’s assistants that:
(i) was at least one academic year in length:
(ii) consisted of supervised clinical practice and at least four months (in the aggregated) of classroom
instruction directed toward preparing students to deliver health care; and
(iii) was accredited by the American Medical Association’s Committee on Allied Health Education and
Accreditation; or
3. Has satisfactorily completed a formal educational program for preparing physician assistants that does not
meet the requirements of paragraph (2) of this section and has been assisting primary care physicians for a total
of 12 months during the 18-month period immediately preceding the effective date of this subpart.
Question IV – Type of Control
Identify the rural health clinic in terms of its type of control by checking the appropriate column and row under A,
B, C or D. Nonprofit status is based on Internal Revenue Service tax exemption interpretation; i.e., section 501 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
Indicate if the rural health clinic site is or will be a provider-based entity to a hospital or critical access hospital
(CAH), in accordance with the provider-based rules located at 42 CFR 413.65. If yes, provide the hospital or CAH’s
CMS Certification Number (CCN) for the main provider to which the clinic is/will be provider-based.
State Agency Responsibility
A function of the resurvey process is to obtain updated statistical information on organizations providing rural
health clinic services. At the time of resurvey, the surveyor will bring this form and request that a representative of
the organization complete, sign, and date it by the completion of the onsite visit. The surveyor will review the form
for completeness and accuracy and initial after the signature of the organization’s representative. On all resurveys
insert the clinic’s assigned CCN.
Form CMS-29 (11/11) INSTRUCTIONS