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Medical Staff Services

Credentialing & Approval Process

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For Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) & Physician Assistants:

(APRNs include Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Midwives, and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists)

For other allied health practitioners, please contact Medical Staff Services directly at 410-328-2902 for further instructions.

All Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants must have accepted a position with a clinical department at the University of Maryland Medical Center, University Physicians, Inc, or other UMMS affiliation. Please do not complete/submit an application unless this has taken place.

  1. When starting the credentialing process, please ensure that you have applied for:


    • Submitted an attestation to the Board of Nursing (if applicable);
    • Maryland license;
    • Federal DEA registration with a Maryland address (if applicable);
    • Maryland Controlled Substance Registration (if applicable);


  2. Download the necessary credentialing documents from this website. These include the:


    • Hospital Initial Appointment Application;
    • Federal DEA/Maryland CDS Attestation (if applicable);
    • Privilege form;


  3. Submit the following to the appropriate Medical Staff Coordinator:
    • Application
    • Privilege form
    • Copies of all licenses, board certifications, malpractice insurance certificates
    • Copy of BON attestation, job description, etc (if applicable);
    • Appropriate references:

      CRNAs must supply the name/contact/email information of an Anesthesiologist as a reference on their application. This is a requirement of the Anesthesiology Department Chairman.

      CRNPs must supply the name/contact/email information of a preceptor/direct supervisor from their CRNP Program if they are a recent graduate of the program (within 5 years). This is a requirement of the CRNP Director.



  4. Be on call and willing to assist Medical Staff Services should they run into problems doing primary source verification regarding your education, previous training/employment, insurance coverage, peer reviews, etc. Your help will expedite the process.

This page was last updated on: February 29, 2012.

For more information, call the University Physicians Consultation and Referral Service at 1-800-492-5538 (patients) or 1-800-373-4111 (physicians).