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Nurse Portal

For more than information about applying for a license, please see the content below.

Advanced Practice

An Advanced Practice (AP) nurse is defined as a Registered Nurse Practitioner (RNP), a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM), a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), and a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA).

Sample School Letter

Your letter on school letterhead must be sent directly to the Arizona State Lath of Nursing. Click here to download a sample letter. School letters may be sent directly from the school to the Board past email at:[electronic mail protected] or past mail to:

Arizona State Board of Nursing
1740 Westward. Adams Suite 2000
Phoenix, AZ 85007

Transcripts

Transcripts may be emailed directly from the educational establishment to the Board by email at: [email protected] or past postal service to:

Arizona Land Board of Nursing
1740 W. Adams Suite 2000
Phoenix, AZ 85007

Temporary Document

Temporary AP Certificate is bachelor for:

  1. Endorsement applicants who have met all of the higher up requirements and have been issued a temporary Arizona RN license or concord a current professional license in good standing in another meaty party country.
  2. New graduate AP applicants who have met all of the above requirements and are awaiting national certification. Applicant must:
    • Request certifying agency to send verification that you have applied for and are eligible to have or have taken an avant-garde practice certifying examination in their category or specialty area of exercise. Verification must come directly from the certifying agency, directly to AZBN.
    • Provide written authorization to the certifying body to release the certifying examination results to the Board*

*Come across temporary certification application.

A form to request a temporary certificate is included with the awarding. In addition to the completed awarding and requirements equally stated to a higher place for permanent certification, please annotation the following:

  • Must submit the required fee.
  • Applicants are ineligible for a temporary certificate if they answer "yes" to the application questions of the awarding. Issuance of a permanent document will also be delayed.
  • A temporary avant-garde do document will not exist issued until official transcripts, and official letter from your school and verification of eligibility to test for national certification from the testing agency are received by AZBN. The temporary document will be mailed to the address on your application. A temporary certificate can be held at the Board office for you to pick up, if you submit a written request with your application.
  • The temporary certificate expires in 6 months from date of issue or automatically upon failure of the national certifying exam. Temporary certificates may be renewed for good cause at the direction of the Executive Director. Temporary certificates do expire due to failure of national certifying test.
  • If y'all do receive a temporary certificate and accept not received a permanent certificate at least 10 days earlier the temporary certificate is due to expire, telephone call Naira Kutnerian at 602-771-7834.

Prescribing and Dispensing Authority

Nurse Practitioners and Certified Nurse Midwives seeking prescribing and dispensing privileges must complete question 20 prescribing and dispensing AND shall submit written bear witness of 45 contact hours of education in pharmacology or clinical management of drug therapy inside the 3 twelvemonth catamenia immediately preceding this awarding. You may not prescribe or dispense medications until you receive official notification that prescribing and dispensing authority has been granted. An additional fee for Prescribing and Dispensing is required, please see fees on application.

  • Nurse Practitioners or Certified Nurse Midwives must concur current licensure equally an RN in Arizona or a compact license with multi state privilege OR
  • Be certified by the Lath of Nursing within one of the specialty areas identified in the rules of the Board of Nursing at R4-nineteen-501.

DEA Registration Number

If yous are going to prescribe and/or dispense controlled substances, you will demand to apply to the Drug Enforcement Administration for a DEA number.

  1. A DEA number cannot exist obtained until you have received prescribing and/or dispensing authority from the Board.
  2. You must contact the DEA at www.dea.gov to obtain an application.
  3. When the DEA number has been obtained you must notify the Lath of your number by sending a copy of the Registration Number.

Controlled Substance Prescription Monitoring Program - CSPMP

Pursuant to R4-19-512B in the Nurse Practice Human activity

An RNP with P & D say-so who wishes to prescribe a controlled substance shall obtain a DEA registration number before prescribing a controlled substance. The RNP shall file the DEA registration number with the Board.

When DEA has been obtained you must notify the Board by completing and mailing the Controlled Substance Prescription Monitoring Programme CSPMP grade to the Board of Nursing for each DEA number y'all obtain.

Arizona Country Board of Pharmacy FAQs

Of import Notice

The Controlled Substance Prescription Monitoring Programme CSPMP is a statutory programme developed to promote the public health and welfare by detecting diversion, abuse, and misuse of prescription medications classified as controlled substance nether the Arizona Uniform Controlled Substances Act.

Arizona Revised Statues § 36-2606, effective December 31, 2015, requires every Arizona medical practitioner, including Advanced Exercise Registered Nurses who intend to obtain a Drug Enforcement Administration number or who hold i or more DEA registration numbers to also hold a Controlled Substance Prescription Monitoring Program registration issued by the Arizona State Lath of Pharmacy. At that place is NO fee to the practitioner for this registration.

Helpful Hints on Prescribing and Dispensing Authority

But Nurse Practitioners/Certified Nurse Midwives who have been certified by the Arizona State Board of Nursing and meet the other established criteria in R4-19-511 tin exist granted prescribing/dispensing authorisation.

The following information is nigh PRESCRIBING and DISPENSING:

  1. A DEA number or license is necessary but if you are going to prescribe controlled substances. To obtain this license, the nurse practitioner must apply to the DEA and pay the required fee. Once this license has been obtained, it must be renewed with the DEA. Controlled substances, Class ii, three, 4 and 5 tin can exist prescribed. Grade ii cannot be refilled. Grade 3 and iv can be refilled for a maximum of five refills in six months. Grade 5 can be refilled up to a year.
  2. Arizona'due south prescriptive say-so tin can only be used in Arizona. Information technology cannot exist transferred to another state. Prescriptive laws for nurse practitioners vary from state to country.
  3. P&D authority is contingent upon AP certificate renewal.
  4. Individuals with prescribing and dispensing authorisation must comply with R4-xix-511, R4-19-512, and R4-nineteen-513.
  5. Each renewal period of your DEA number or license the nurse shall submit a renewed CSPMP form to the Board of Nursing.

Advanced Practice Commission

Click here to get to the Avant-garde Practise Committee folio.

Resource

Click here for more Advanced Do resources

Advanced Practice FAQS

Click hither for whatever further questions you might accept almost Advanced Practice

Certified Medication Assistant

A Certified Medication Assistant (CMA) is a Licensed Nursing Assistant (LNA) who has worked for a minimum of 6 months as an LNA/CNA prior to applying to the CMA program and has no complaints/restrictions on the document/license. A CMA has completed a medication grooming plan, and passed an Arizona written and skills examination for CMA's.

Certified Nursing Banana / Licensed Nursing Assistant

CNA certification by Endorsement means that you have graduated from an approved nursing assistant program, taken the state nursing assistant test, and have been granted CNA certification by another state. If y'all wish to utilise for CNA certification in Arizona, you will need to complete the CNA Endorsement awarding.

CNA certification past Examination ways that you accept graduated from an canonical nursing assistant plan, want to accept the Nursing assistant state exam and obtain an original CNA certificate in Arizona.

CNA Certification Video

After more than than 20 years regulating Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs), the Arizona State Board of Nursing (Lath) is converting to two levels of nursing banana:

  • Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA): a person who passes an canonical CNA course and the state transmission skills/written exams and whose name is placed on the CNA registry. Any substantiated allegations of abuse, neglect or misappropriation of property/theft volition be reported to the Office of Inspector General (OIG) and volition be listed on the registry.
  • Licensed Nursing Assistant (LNA): a person who meets CNA educational and exam requirements and, in addition, submits an application, fingerprints and fees to the Board. The LNA is regulated past the Lath which has broader jurisdiction for any deed of unprofessional carry.

Rationale for CNA and LNA Change

Afterward more 20 years regulating Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA), the Arizona State Board of Nursing (Board) is moving to two levels of nursing assistant: CNA and LNA. Electric current regulation of CNAs, which includes criminal background checks and full Board jurisdiction for all unprofessional acquit, cannot be maintained without either charging the CNA, which is prohibited by federal law, or using the fees paid by RNs and LPNs for their licenses. In 2014 the legislature required the Lath of Nursing to propose a self-sustaining model for regulation of nursing administration. The Board'southward model, which was passed into law in 2014, calls for two levels of nursing assistant (CNA and LNA). The requirements for LNA are identical to the current requirements for CNA with one additional requirement: the payment of fees for licensure ($50.00, initial fingerprinting $fifty.00 and renewal $50). The requirements for the "new" CNA are the minimum required by federal law to be listed on a Nurse Aide Registry and, consistent with federal law, practice not include fees for initial placement or renewal on the Registry.

NA Training Programs

All students completing a nursing banana program later July 1, 2016 volition need to submit proof of legal presence in the United states of america to D & S (Headmaster) prior to taking the state exams. To facilitate the processing of applications, the Board is requiring all NA training programs to collect the document, browse the document and upload to Headmaster. Ideally, this identification document should be the same as the ID document(s) the student uses for state testing (due east.g. AZ driver'southward license or passport). The name on the document should exactly match the name entered in the system. A comprehensive list of documents acceptable for proof of legal presence is available hither.

Facilities

The titles CNA and LNA are mutually exclusive. All CNAs who are converted to LNA should use the initials "LNA" when identifying themselves. Registry CNAs should use the initials "CNA" when identifying themselves. If credentials are noted on a name badge/pin/facility ID, the information should accurately reverberate the correct credential.

CNA and LNA Endorsement and Exam Processes

CNA and LNA Endorsement ProcessCNA LNA Exam Process CNA LNA Renewal Process

Instructions for Transferring CNA Certificate to Arizona

Laws and Rules

Notice of Exempt Rulemaking LNA

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions and Answers CNA vs LNA

Licensed Health Aide (LHA)

A Licensed Wellness Aide (LHA) is a person who is a parent, guardian or family member providing services to a single Arizona Long-Term Care Organization (ALTCS) enrolled patient nether the historic period of 21, consistent with the patient'south programme of care.

A "Family Member" is an adult (at to the lowest degree xviii years old) and has the following relationship with the 1 juvenile patient: 1.spouse, two. child/step-child, iii. son/daughter-in-law, 4. grandchild, 5. sibling/stride-sibling, vi. parent/step-parent/adoptive parent, 7. Grandparent, 8. mother/male parent-in-police, nine. brother/sis-in-police force, 10. legal guardian.

An LHA has completed a wellness adjutant training program, and passed an Arizona written and skills examination for LHAs.

Questions Nearly the Application Procedure

Many questions well-nigh the application procedure can exist answered by visiting the LHA FAQs.

Foreign Educated Requirements

Requirements for Applicants Educated in a Foreign Land (Including Canada and *Puerto Rico)

Of import: All data from whatsoever of the selected agencies listed in Educational Requirements and Language Validation, must exist sent dire​ctly to AZBN from the agency.

Foreign Educated Professional or Practical Nurses Must Meet the Following Requirements:

Validation of Educational Requirements

  • Request an application from Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools International (CGFNS) to obtain one of the following:
    1. CES Professional person Study.
    2. Verification of VisaScreen ® Document.
    3. Verification of CGFNS Certification (Option not available for practical nurses).

OR

  • Asking or download an application from Educational Records Evaluation Services (ERES) to consummate an Education Equivalency Report.

OR

  • Request or download an awarding from Josef Silny & Associates, Inc. to complete an pedagogy equivalency report, specifically a 'licensing for nursing, bones report'.

OR

  • If educated in Canada, have the Canadian licensure board submit a passing score on the English linguistic communication version of the NCLEX, CNATS or CRNE (Canadian Licensure Exam) AND verification of an ACTIVE Canadian licensure status directly to AZBN.

PLEASE NOTE: Exception- RN endorsement applicants who have completed their basic nursing didactics in a foreign country are exempt from the pedagogy requirement if they have obtained a BSN or graduate degree in nursing from an approved program in the U.s. AND worked at to the lowest degree 960 hours within the by five years prior to the application submission date. Transcripts from the U.S. nursing programme are required and must be sent directly from the pedagogy institution to the Arizona State Board of Nursing either past mail to 1740 W Adams St., Ste 2000, Phoenix, AZ 85007 or by email to[e-mail protected]. The transcript must evidence the proper noun of the nursing plan, city, country, graduation date, and graduation caste. Transcripts CANNOT come from you. If y'all obtained a higher nursing caste and would similar to be exempt from the education requirement, you will need to provide a written statement to the Arizona State Board of Nursing stating that you are wanting to use the HIGHEST DEGREE in place of CGFNS. This exemption will disqualify applicants from obtaining a multistate license.

Contact Information for agencies listed in a higher place

Committee on Graduates of Foreign
Nursing Schools International

3600 Market Street, Suite 400
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2651
Phone: 215-222-8454
Website: www.cgfns.org

Education Records Evaluation Services

601 University Avenue, Suite 127
Sacramento, CA 95825-6738
Phone: 916-921-0791
Toll-free: 866-411-ERES (3737)
Email:[email protected]
Website: www.eres.com

Josef Silny and Associates, Inc.
International Instruction Consultants

7101 S W 102nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33173
Phone: 305-273-1616
Website: www.jsilny.com

Validation of English language Language Skills

(If y'all are an exam bidder youMUST meet the English Language requirementBEFORE taking the NCLEX Exam.)

Exemptions from Validation of English language Language Skills requirement:

  • If y'all have graduated from a nursing program in a country or territory where the principle language is English (i.eastward. Australia, U.k., New Zealand, Canada (excluding Quebec), Republic of ireland, Trinidad, Tobago, South Africa, Republic of ghana, Jamaica, Barbados, or Us territory) you do not need to validate your English language skills.

OR

  • If you have been employed as a nurse for 960 hours or more inside the past 5 years in a country or territory where the principal language is English (see countries/territories above) you do non need to validate your English language skills.
  • If the principal language of the land where your nursing programme was given is a language other than English, y'all are required to obtain ane of the following options:
    • Cyberspace-based (iBT) Test of English as a Foreign Linguistic communication (TOEFL) with a minimum score of 84 and a minimum speaking score of 26. To have results sent to AZBN use the code 9680 when completing the awarding.

OR

  • International English Language Test Service Academic Examination (IELTS) with a minimum score of 6.v on the Overall Band Score with a minimum of 6.0 on each module.

OR

  • Pearson test of English language Academic Examination with a minimum score of 55 overall and a minimum score of 50 on each section.

OR

  • Visa Screen Certificate from CGFNS.

​ A CGFNS Certificate

 Contact Data for agencies listed higher up

TOEFL:
Education Testing Services

PO Box 6151
Princeton, NJ 08541-6151
Phone: 1-877-863-3546
E-mail:[e-mail protected]
Website: www.ets.org/toefl

IELTS:
IELTS International

825 Colorado Boulevard, Suite 112
Los Angeles, CA 90041
Website: www.ielts.org

(Follow instructions on website for more detailed contact data)

Pearson Language Test

Telephone: 1-800-901-0229
Website: www.pearsonpte.com

Commission on Graduates of Foreign
Nursing Schools International

3600 Market Street, Suite 400
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2651
Phone: 215-222-8454
Website: www.cgfns.org

Validation of Exercise

Have met one of the post-obit practice requirements:

  1. Practiced as a nurse for 960 hours or more than in the past five yearsor
  2. Graduated from a nursing program and obtained a degree within by 5 yearsor
  3. Completed an Arizona Lath approved refresher course in the past 5 yearsor
  4. Obtained an advanced nursing degree in the by 5 years (i.e. LPN to RN, RN to BSN, masters, or doctorate).

Passed NCLEX-RN or NCLEX-PN or State Lath Test Pool Exam (SBTPE) **

** If y'all take passed the SBTPE in Canada between sure dates, you volition accept met the testing requirement.

Province

Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Foundland
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Isle
Quebec
Saskatchewan

Outset Administered

1954 (September)
1949 (September)
1955 (October)
1961
1955 (May)
1957
1959 (Apr)
1956 (April)

Last Administered

1970 (June)
1970 (Apr)
1970 (April)
1970
1970 (August)
1970 (Baronial)
1970 (Baronial)
1970 (April)

* Applicants educated in Puerto Rico

  • Applicants who have graduated before 9/15/06 AND their nursing program has a program code assigned by the National Quango State Board of Nurses, are eligible to apply for licensure by examination and endorsement. They are Non required to complete validation of educational activity or language requirement.
  • Applicants who accept graduated after 9/15/06 are required to request a written report from CGFNS or ERES (validating their educational requirements) exist sent direct to AZBN as well as Validation of English language Language requirement.

​Additional Information

  • Nurses educated in a strange country and have not passed NCLEX or SBTPE must employ for licensure by test.
  • Applicants who have passed NCLEX just were NOT issued a license need to use for licensure by test. You practise non need to re-test.
  • Canadian nurses who have taken and passed the NCLEX in Canada must request an official Verification of Registration and Exam scores from the Canadian licensure lath to be sent direct to the Arizona Country Board of Nursing.
  • Applicants who run across all the requirements except the social security number tin be issued a license in AZ, if they sign and complete the affidavit on the Forms and Documents folio.
  • Applicants living abroad who have met all the license requirement except proof of lawful presence tin be issued a license in AZ if they sign and submit the affidavit on the Forms and Documents page.
  • Enhanced-Nurse Licensure Compact - Statutes
  • Enhanced-Nurse Licensure Compact Final Rules

RN/LPN

Licensure by Endorsement

RN/LPN licensure by Endorsement ways that you have graduated from an approved nursing program, taken the NCLEX or state board test pool exam, and have been granted an RN/LPN license past another land. If you wish to apply for licensure in Arizona, y'all will demand to consummate the RN/LPN Endorsement application.

Questions Almost the Awarding Procedure

Many questions nearly the application process can exist answered by visiting the RN / LPN Licensure past Endorsement FAQs.

To check the status of a pending application, please log in to your Nurse Portal account. One time an application has been issued, y'all can verify the issuance of the credential by visiting Nursys, click on the QuickConfirm choice and perform a search by proper noun.

Important

  • Nurses previously licensed in Arizona must reapply past renewal, not past endorsement.
  • Arizona is part of the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC) and no longer role of the Original Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC).

  • A listing of states participating in the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact is bachelor at https://www.ncsbn.org/enhanced-nlc-implementation.htm.

  • An applicant for licensure equally a Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse who meets sure requirements is eligible for multistate licensure. Once the Board grants the multistate license, the nurse tin can so appoint in nursing practice in whatsoever of the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact states without having to obtain additional licenses. Your awarding will be reviewed to determine if you meet the criteria for issuance of a multistate license. If you do not come across the criteria for a multistate license only yous do run across the criteria for a unmarried state license, a single state license will be issued to you.

  • Requirements for Multistate Licensure:
    1. Encounter the requirements for licensure in the state of Arizona
    2. Has graduated from a board-approved educational activity program or has graduated from an international didactics programme (approved by the authorized accrediting trunk in the applicable country and verified by an contained credential review agency
    3. Has passed an English proficiency exam (applies to graduates of an international education program not taught in English or if English language is non the individual'south native language
    4. Has passed the NCLEX or predecessor test
    5. Is eligible for or holes an active unencumbered license (i.e., without active field of study)
    6. Has submitted fingerprints for state and federal background checks
    7. Has no land or federal felony convictions
    8. Has no misdemeanor convictions related to the practice of nursing
    9. Is not currently a participant in an culling program
    10. Is required to cocky-disclose current participation in an culling program
    11. Has a valid Usa social security number

Requirements

  • U.S. EDUCATED APPLICANTS:
    To be eligible for licensure yous must:
    1. Accept completed a Board-approved nursing program
    2. Have a passing score on the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) or the State Board Test Pool Exam (SBTPE).
    3. Have previous or electric current license in another land or territory.
    4. Have met 1 of the following practice requirements:
      • Skilful as a nurse for 960 hours or more in the past v years OR
      • Graduated from a nursing program and obtained a degree within by v years OR
      • Completed an Arizona Board canonical refresher course in the past five years OR
      • Obtained an avant-garde nursing caste in the past 5 years (i.e. LPN to RN, RN to BSN, masters, or doctorate).
    5. RN applicants concur a Diploma, Associate Degree or Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing from an approved program or LPN applicants concord a Diploma or Certificate from an approved program. View the RN / LPN Exceptions section beneath for a listing of exceptions.
    6. Have Board approving for applicants under investigation.
  • APPLICANTS EDUCATED IN A Foreign Country, INCLUDING CANADA AND PUERTO RICO
    Visit the Foreign Educated Requirements section below for application requirements.

Items to Complete for Licensure

  • SUBMIT AN ONLINE Application WITH FEES
  • VERIFICATION OF YOUR ORIGINAL Country OF LICENSURE
    • Go to nursys.com and submit a asking for verification.
    • If you are unable to request verification at nursys.com, and so run into the Verification of Your Original State of Licensure section beneath.
  • CITIZENSHIP/LAWFUL PRESENCE DOCUMENTATION
    • All applicants must upload a copy of documentation regarding citizenship / nationality / alien status. A copy of the document must be submitted on an eight½ x 11 sheet of plain white paper and submitted with the application For a list of acceptable documents visit the Citizenship and Conflicting Status page.
  • FINGERPRINTS
    • You are required to submit a full set of fingerprints, for the purpose of obtaining State and Federal criminal record checks.
    • You lot are merely exempt from this requirement if you lot accept submitted a fingerprint card to the Arizona State Board of Nursing inside the previous2 years.
    • A re-create of a clearance carte issued by DPS isnot a substitute.
    • A fingerprint bill of fare will Non be issued from the Arizona State Board of Nursing. A fingerprint card can be obtained from whatsoever local facility that offers fingerprinting services.
    • Please remember to submit your fingerprint menu as before long equally possible to expedite the process.
    • A permanent license will not exist issued until fingerprint results are received.
    • Results can take up to 6-8 weeks to receive.

Temporary License or Temporary for Refresher Form Only

Applicants are eligible for a temporary license if they:

  1. Provide a minimum of 960 practice hours and/or six months of nursing employment
  2. Meet educational requirements
  3. Have completed a Board-canonical nursing program
  4. Have a passing score on the NLCEX or SBTPE
  5. Do not accept a criminal history, a history or disciplinary activeness by a regulatory agency, a pending complaint earlier the Board, or affirmative answers to any criminal background or disciplinary question in the awarding
  6. Does not have any disciplinary eligibility questions for review
  7. Submission of lawful presence or citizenship in the United States with a regime issued photo identification
  8. Submission of a fingerprint card
  9. Request for a temporary license
  10. Submission of temporary license fee
  11. Armed Forces Nurses – Have Terminal Grade Report/Sheet sent directly to the Board of Nursing.
  12. Applicants applying for a temporary license "for refresher course only", due to not coming together practice hour requirements, must provide documentation that you take enrolled in an Arizona Lath approved refresher grade.

A refresher plan shall provide:

  1. A minimum of 40 hours of didactic instruction and 112 hours of supervised clinical practice for a licensed applied nurse program.
  2. A minimum of 80 hours of didactic instruction and 160 hours of supervised clinical practise for a professional nurse program.

Note: Applications for temporary licenses are processed in the order they are received. If y'all authorize for a temporary license, allow 30 days for processing. The temporary license will be mailed to the accost on your application. A temporary license can be held at the Lath for selection upwards if you submit a written request with your application.

Applicants belongings a electric current multistate license from another compact state should not request a temporary license, but tin employ their compact state license for up to xc days until an Arizona permanent license is issued.

Verification of Your Original State of Licensure

If your original (get-go) state of licensure was in 1 of the post-obit states/territories, go to nursys.com and submit a request for verification.

Alaska (AK)

American Samoa (AS)

Arizona (AZ)

Arkansas (AR)

Colorado (CO)

Connecticut (CT)

Delaware (DE)

Commune of Columbia (DC)

Florida (FL)

Georgia

Delaware (DE)

District of Columbia (DC)

Florida (FL)

Georgia

Guam (GU)

Idaho (ID)

Illinois (IL)

Indiana (IN)

Iowa (IA)

Kansas

Kentucky (KY)

Louisiana (LA)

Maine (ME)

Maryland (MD)

Massachusetts (MA)

Michigan (MI)- Temp Unavail.

Minnesota (MN)

Mississippi {MS)

Missouri (MO)

Montana (MT)

Nebraska (NE)

Nevada (NV)

New Hampshire (NH)

New Bailiwick of jersey (NJ)

New United mexican states (NM)

New York (NY)

Northward Carolina (NC)

North Dakota (ND)

North Mariana Islands (MP)

Ohio (OH)

Oklahoma

Oregon (OR)

Rhode Island (RI)

S Carolina (SC)

South Dakota (SD)

Tennessee (TN)

Texas (TX)

Utah (UT)

Vermont (VT)

Virgin Islands (VI)

Virginia (VA)

Washington (WA)

West Virginia (WV)

Wisconsin (WI)

Wyoming (WY)

If your original state of license was in a land/territory other than those listed higher up, complete the Verification Form and mail(not faxed or emailed) to the land/territory of your original license. Most states / territories require a fee for verification of licensure. Please cheque with your original state to discover out what the appropriate fee is is BEFORE sending the verification form. For a list of addresses of state boards, see the terminal page of the Verification Class. Information technology is your responsibility to asking that your original land sends the Arizona State Board of Nursing the verification. A permanent license will not be issued without receipt of the verification form.

Additional Data

Application Fees and Payment Methods

All fees are in The states Dollars and are non-refundable

  • Application Fee: $150.00
  • Fingerprint Fee: $ 50.00
  • Temporary License Fee: $ l.00 (Optional)
  • Credit/Debit Card - Tin can just be processed online. Card information that is mailed to the Board will not be processed.

Felony Convictions

The Board shall revoke a nursing license or multistate privileges or deny licensure if the applicant has one or more felony convictions that have not previously been disclosed to the Board and has not received an accented discharge from the sentences for all felony convictions 3 or more years prior to the date of filing an application. If this law pertains to you, your application will be processed, and proceedings for revocation of your Arizona license or multistate privileges in Arizona or deprival of your application shall be instituted by the Lath.

Reporting of Criminal Charges

Applicants for licensure / certification must notify the Arizona State Board of Nursing of criminal charges within 10 days of being charged.

Undesignated Offense

For purposes of the Nursing Board'due south felony bar statutes, A.R.Due south Sections 32-1606(B)(17) and1646(B), the commission of any felony law-breaking on or after July 23. 2010, which results in a conviction of an undesignated crime, shall be treated by the Board as a felony "until such fourth dimension as the courtroom may actually enter an order designating the criminal offence a misdemeanor" pursuant to A.R.S. Department 13-604(A).

Time Frames for Licensure

The Board is required to process applications for licensure within certain time periods, per R4-19-102 in the Nurse Practice Act.

Deficiency Notice

When you submit an application, the Board will send you a deficiency discover identifying any elements of the application process which remain outstanding. If you fail to respond to a deficiency find within the applicable time period, your application volition be withdrawn. After withdrawal, if you are however interested in obtaining licensure you would need to submit a new awarding and applicable fee.

Licensure past Examination

RN/LPN licensure by Examination means that you accept graduated from an canonical nursing program, need to accept the NCLEX exam and obtain an original RN/LPN license in Arizona.

Questions Well-nigh the Application Process

Many questions almost the application process can be answered by visiting the RN / LPN Licensure by Examination FAQs.

Awarding Instructions for RN / LPN Licensure by Test

Please read this flyer for detailed instructions.

To check the condition of your application delight log into your nurse portal and cheque the bulletin centre for updates. Please permit up to 30 days for your application to show up in the license verification system before contacting the Lath.

Arizona is a Compact Country

  • Arizona is part of the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC) and no longer part of the Original Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC).
  • A list of states participating in the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact is bachelor at https://www.ncsbn.org/enhanced-nlc-implementation.htm.
  • An applicant for licensure equally a Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse who meets sure requirements is eligible for multistate licensure. One time the Lath grants the multistate license, the nurse can and so engage in nursing exercise in whatever of the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact states without having to obtain additional licenses. Your awarding will be reviewed to determine if you meet the criteria for issuance of a multistate license. If you practise not encounter the criteria for a multistate license simply you do run across the criteria for a single state license, a unmarried state license volition be issued to you.
  • Requirements for Multistate Licensure:
    1. Meet the requirements for licensure in the country of Arizona
    2. Has graduated from a lath-approved education program or has graduated from an international pedagogy program (canonical by the authorized accrediting trunk in the applicable land and verified by an independent credential review bureau
    3. Has passed an English proficiency examination (applies to graduates of an international education program non taught in English or if English is not the individual's native language
    4. Has passed the NCLEX or predecessor exam
    5. Is eligible for or holes an active unencumbered license (i.e., without agile discipline)
    6. Has submitted fingerprints for land and federal background becks
    7. Has no state or federal felony convictions
    8. Has no misdemeanor convictions related to the do of nursing
    9. Is non currently a participant in an alternative program
    10. Is required to self-disclose current participation in an alternative programme
    11. Has a valid United States social security number

Requirements

  • U.Southward. EDUCATED APPLICANTS:
    1. RN applicants hold a Diploma, Acquaintance Degree or Baccalaureate Caste in Nursing from an approved program. LPN applicants agree a Diploma or Certificate from an canonical program.
      Visit RN / LPN Exceptions to view a the list of exceptions.
    2. Passing score on NCLEX exam.
    3. Graduates of out of state schools – Transcripts, including graduation dates and type of degree, sent past your school to Arizona State Lath of Nursing.
    4. Board blessing for applicants who are nether investigation.
  • Strange EDUCATED APPLICANTS; Including Canada and Puerto Rico
    Visit the Foreign Educated Requirements section for application requirements.

Items to Complete for Licensure

  • COMPLETE THE NCLEX REGISTRATIONby going to pearsonvue.com/nclex OR by phone 866-496-2539
  • Asking OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS- Sent past the plan straight to Arizona Country Board of Nursing (for out-of-state graduates)
  • CITIZENSHIP / NATIONALITY / Conflicting STATUS DOCUMENTATION
    • All applicants must upload a copy of documentation regarding citizenship/nationality/alien status. A copy of the document must be submitted on an 8½ 10 11 sheet of plain white paper and submitted with the application. For a list of acceptable documents visit the Citizenship and Alien Status page.
  • SUBMIT A FINGERPRINT CARD
    • You are required to submit a full set up of fingerprints, for the purpose of obtaining State and Federal criminal record checks.
    • Y'all are but exempt from this requirement if you take submitted a fingerprint card to the Arizona Country Board of Nursing inside the previoustwo years.
    • A re-create of a clearance menu issued by DPS isnon a substitute.
    • A fingerprint card willNon be issued from the Arizona State Board of Nursing. A fingerprint card tin can exist obtained from any local facility that offers fingerprinting services.
    • Please remember to submit your fingerprint card as soon equally possible to expedite the process.
    • A permanent license volition non be issued until fingerprint results are received.
    • Results tin take up to 6-8 weeks to receive.

Additional Information

Fees and Payment Methods

All fees are in US Dollars and are not-refundable.

  • Application Fee: $150.00
  • Writing for NLCEX Fee: $150.00
  • Fingerprint Fee: $fifty.00 (required, unless submitted within the previous 2 years).
  • Credit/Debit Carte du jour

Felony Convictions

The Lath shall revoke a nursing license or multistate privileges or deny licensure if the bidder has i or more felony convictions that take not previously been disclosed to the Lath and has not received an accented discharge from the sentences for all felony convictions 3 or more years prior to the date of filing an application. If this constabulary pertains to you, your application will be candy, and proceedings for revocation of your Arizona license or multistate privileges in Arizona or denial of your application shall be instituted past the Board.

Reporting of Criminal Charges

Applicants for licensure / certification must notify the Arizona State Board of Nursing of criminal charges within 10 days of being charged.

Undesignated Crime

For purposes of the Nursing Lath's felony bar statutes, A.R.S. Sections 32-166(B)(17) & 1646(B), the commission of any felony offense on or after July 23, 2010, which results in a conviction of an undesignated offense, shall be treated by the Board as a felony "until such time as the court may actually enter an social club designating the criminal offense a misdemeanor" pursuant to A.R.S. Department 13-604(A).

Time Frames for Licensure

The Board is required to process applications for licensure within certain time periods, per R4-xix-102 in the Nurse Practice Act.

Deficiency Notice

When you submit an application, the Board will send you a deficiency find identifying any elements of the awarding process which remain outstanding. If you fail to respond to a deficiency detect within the applicable time period, your application will be withdrawn. Later on withdrawal, if yous are still interested in obtaining licensure you lot would need to submit a new application and applicable fee.

Exceptions

RN Exceptions

  • EXCELSIOR GRADUATES: Enrolled after nine/i/06, who take non practiced 960 hours equally an RN in another State must request the schoolhouse to submit transcripts directly to AZBN showing completion of 120 hours Clinical Nursing Course. Excelsior College will no longer admit students to the associate degree nursing program who reside in the land of Arizona.
  • Armed forces: Military programs designed to prepare persons for positions every bit corpsmen or technicians are not approved programs for licensure in Arizona.
  • Applicants educated in Puerto Rico: Applicants who accept graduated before 9/fifteen/06 AND their nursing program has a program code assigned by the National Council State Board of Nurses, are eligible to apply for licensure by exam and endorsement. They are NOT required to complete validation of education or language requirement.

    Applicants who accept graduated afterward 9/15/06 are required to request a report from CGFNS / ERES or Josef Silny (validating their educational requirements) exist sent directly to AZBN likewise as Validation of English Language requirement.

LPN Exceptions

  • The start SBTPE for Vocational Nurses given in the state of TEXAS was in 1952 for one year only. From 1953 through 1967, a state constructed exam was given. Texas started the SBTPE again in 1968. Vocational Nurses, therefore, must have taken the examination in 1952 or 1968 to the present. If the applicant did non take and pass the exam in 1952 and has not taken and passed the examination since 1968, the applicant must request an application for examination.
  • Vocational Nurses requesting endorsement to Arizona from CALIFORNIA may exist accepted if they took the SBTPE and passed before June 1974 or the NCLEX-PN® afterward April 1986. If the applicant did not have and laissez passer the SBTPE before June of 1974, and the applicant did non take and pass the NCLEX-PN® after April of 1986, the applicant must request an application for examination. Applicant must have also completed a Board approved LPN program, too equally the SBTPE or NCLEX.
  • Country Board Constructed Exams in any State or United states territory are non accepted in Arizona.
  • Applicants must have completed a Lath-canonical nursing program

Exceptions to the applied nurse receiving war machine training:

  • Graduates of Sheppard Air Force Base School of Health Sciences 12 month nursing program in Texas betwixt 1970 and 1976 were approved by the National League for Nursing. Vocational nurse applicants are eligible for licensure by endorsement if they graduated in the to a higher place years and passed the SBTPE. Final grade reports are to be sent directly to AZBN.
  • Graduates of Fort Sam Houston Army Practical Nurse Program (ane Yr) in Texas, and passed the SBTPE or the NCLEX-PN® are eligible for licensure by endorsement. Request final form reports from [e-mail protected] Include name you took class under, social security number, dates course taken and Arizona Board of Nursing address for them to send last grade reports directly to AZBN.
  • The Navy has never practical for blessing of a Practical Nurse Program to the Arizona State Lath of Nursing; therefore applicants are not accepted into Arizona by endorsement.
  • Graduates of the Airforce PN Training Program-Basic Medical Technician Corpsman Program (BMTCP) 4N051/4N)or (4N training plan)

School Nurse

A School Nurse is a Registered Nurse who has obtained additional education as defined in the Nurse Practice Act, R4-xix-309, and is issued Schoolhouse Nurse Certification.

Questions About the Application Process

Many questions about the awarding process can be answered by visiting the Schoolhouse Nurse FAQs.