1) MHNet’s credentialing criteria, described below, apply at the time the application is reviewed. The advanced registered nurse practitioner is made aware of the criteria when he/she requests an application for membership on the practitioner panel.

2) The criteria:

   a)      Graduation from a Master's Degree, or higher, program for psychiatric

         nursing

   b)      Nurse with additional qualifications in psychiatric nursing:

i)        Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP)

ii)      Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)

   c)      Current valid, unrestricted license to practice independently in applicable

        field

   d)      Copy of current agreement of collaboration with a physician who is

         credentialed by MHNet

   e)      Submission of any changes in the collaboration agreement itself or in the

         collaborating physician’s status with MHNet

   f)        Current, professional liability (malpractice) insurance with minimum limits of

         $1,000,000/$1,000,000

   g)       Lack of significant malpractice claims history

   h)   Lack of current impairment to practice due to a mental, physical, or

chemical dependency