Section 216-RICR-40-05-3.4 - Issuance and Renewal of License and FeeA. Upon the recommendation of the Board, the Director shall issue to applicants who have satisfactorily met the licensure requirements of this Part, a license to practice either as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, a professional nurse, or practical nurse, in the State of Rhode Island. Said license, unless sooner suspended or revoked, shall expire on the first (1st) day of March of every other year following the date of issuance of the original license.B. On or before the first (1st) day of January of every year, the Department shall mail a notice for renewal of license to every person scheduled to be licensed that year on an odd/even basis with respect to the license number. Every Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, professional or practical nurse so licensed who wishes to renew his or her license shall file with the Department a renewal application duly executed together with a renewal fee (non-refundable) as set forth in the Fee Structure for Licensing, Laboratory and Administrative Services Provided by the Department of Health (Part 10-05-2 of this Title) before the fifteenth (15th) day of February of that year. 1. Every Advanced Practice Registered Nurse so licensed who wishes to renew his or her license shall file with the Department such renewal application duly executed together with a renewal fee (non-refundable) as set forth in the Fee Structure for Licensing, Laboratory and Administrative Services Provided by the Department of Health (Part 10-05-2 of this Title). Evidence of current national certification, or recertification as applicable, as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse shall be verified at renewal. a. Notwithstanding the requirements of § 3.4(B)(1) of this Part, an individual holding a license to practice nursing in the State of Rhode Island as a nurse practitioner (no prescriptive privileges) that was valid as of June 17, 2013 may file with the Department such renewal application duly executed together with a renewal fee (non-refundable) as set forth in the Fee Structure for Licensing, Laboratory and Administrative Services Provided by the Department of Health (Part 10-05-2 of this Title) without providing evidence of current national certification, or recertification as applicable, as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse.C. Upon receipt of such renewal application and payment of said fee, the accuracy of the application shall be verified and the Department shall grant a renewal license effective the second (2nd) day of March, and expiring on the first (1st) day of March two (2) years later unless the license is sooner suspended or revoked.D. Any person who allows his or her license to lapse by failing to renew it on or before the first (1st) day of March of the next two (2) years as provided above may be reinstated by the Department upon submission of an application and on payment of the current renewal fee, unless license has been suspended or revoked. 1. Any person using the title Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, professional nurse, or practical nurse, or who practices nursing during the time that his or her license has lapsed shall be subject to the penalties for violations of the provisions of the Act and this Part.216 R.I. Code R. § 216-RICR-40-05-3.4