A first-time nurse practitioner in Maryland names a mentor. The regulation asks that person to be available for advice, consultation and collaboration as needed across 18 months, and attaches no hours to the role.

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10%$16.50/hr

median$25.00/hr

90%$81.00/hr

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Physician$110.00/hr
Nurse Practitioner$72.59/hr
Pharmacist$65.00/hr
Pharmacy Intern$23.75/hr
Pharmacy Technician$22.50/hr

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What the rule asks of a mentor

The person has to be a certified nurse practitioner or a physician licensed in Maryland with 3 or more years of clinical practice experience, and the 18 months run from the day the board receives the application. Naming one is the seventh of 8 requirements for certification, and it reaches only an applicant who has never been certified by this board or any other, so a nurse practitioner arriving with certification from another state skips it entirely. The board wrote the mentor into its rules in 2015, in the same action that repealed the attestation the regulations had carried until then, and the notice of that action said in plain terms that the regulations establish independent practice.

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Your questions about healthcare jobs in Maryland, answered

Can I work in Maryland before my national certification comes through?: Yes, as a nurse practitioner graduate, with board approval and a named supervisor. One of the 5 conditions is giving the board the name of a certified nurse practitioner who holds an active unencumbered Maryland registered nurse license or a multistate privilege and who will directly supervise you. A physician can take that role only where no certified nurse practitioner is available in the practice setting and you name one you consult regularly. Failing the board-required examination ends the permission at once, and the graduate has to stop practicing the moment the result lands, which is worth weighing before taking a Maryland nurse practitioner job on this footing.
What does Maryland's CNA-II tier mean?: It means a narrower set of places to work. Maryland's aide definitions were rewritten under emergency regulations effective April 3, 2026, and they sort people by their standing on March 31, 2026. A certified nursing assistant who was also certified as a geriatric nursing assistant on that date is a CNA-I, and so is a certified medicine aide, whatever that person held on the date. A CNA who was neither is a CNA-II, and a CNA-II may not practice in a nursing facility or a skilled nursing facility. Anyone whose Maryland nursing assistant work happens in a nursing home has a reason to know which tier the board has them in.
How long can a Maryland nursing assistant work on a temporary certificate?: It runs 90 calendar days from the day it was issued, and the board can suspend or revoke it sooner. One extension exists and it has a single trigger, waiting on the completion of a criminal history records check, which buys up to 90 more calendar days. Nothing else stretches it. The competency evaluation behind the permanent certificate has deadlines of its own, with a first sitting due within 24 months of meeting the education requirement, at least 45 calendar days between attempts, and a fresh training program required of anyone who fails it 4 times.