Section 43-12.1-09 - Initial licensure and registration1. The board shall license nurses and register unlicensed assistive person applicants. The board shall adopt and enforce administrative rules establishing qualifications for initial nursing licensure and unlicensed assistive person registration and for issuing limited licenses and registrations pursuant to subsection 3.2. Each applicant who successfully meets the requirements of this section is entitled to initial licensure or registration as follows:a. An applicant for licensure by examination to practice as a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse shall:(1) Submit a completed application and appropriate fee as established by the board.(2) Submit an official transcript that verifies completion of a board-approved in-state nursing education program that prepares the graduate for the level of licensure sought; or submit an official transcript that verifies completion of an out-of-state nursing education program that is approved by the state board of nursing of the jurisdiction in which the program is headquartered and that prepares the graduate for the level of licensure sought. The board shall adopt rules establishing standards for the approval of out-of-state nursing education programs.(3) Pass an examination approved by the board.b. An applicant for licensure by endorsement to practice as a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse shall: (1) Submit a completed application and appropriate fee as established by the board.(2) Submit an official transcript that verifies completion of a nursing education program approved by the state board of nursing of the jurisdiction in which the program is headquartered and preparing the graduate for the level of licensure sought.(3) Submit proof of initial licensure by examination with the examination meeting North Dakota requirements for licensure examinations in effect at the time the applicant qualified for initial licensure.(4) Submit evidence of current unencumbered licensure in another state or jurisdiction or meet continued competency requirements as established by the board.(5) Notwithstanding the foregoing requirements of this subdivision, an applicant for licensure as a licensed practical nurse is not required to meet any additional academic educational requirements for licensure as a licensed practical nurse if the applicant has been licensed in another state as a licensed practical nurse based upon completion of a registered nurse education program and if the applicant has had at least twenty-four months of unencumbered practice as a licensed practical nurse in another state within the four-year period immediately preceding the application.c. An applicant for licensure as an advanced practice registered nurse shall: (1) Submit a completed application and appropriate fee as established by the board.(2) Submit evidence of appropriate education and current certification in an advanced nursing role by a national nursing organization meeting criteria as established by the board. An advanced practice registered nurse applicant must have a graduate degree with a nursing focus or must have completed the educational requirements in effect when the applicant was initially licensed.(3) Possess or show evidence of application for a current unencumbered registered nurse license.d. An applicant for licensure as an advanced practice registered nurse who completed an advanced nursing education program and was licensed or certified in advanced practice before December 31, 2015, may apply for and receive an advanced practice license if that applicant meets the requirements that were in effect at the time the applicant qualified for initial advanced practice licensure.e. An applicant for unlicensed assistive person registration shall: (1) Submit a completed application and the appropriate fee as established by the board.(2) Provide verification of appropriate training or evidence of certification or evaluation in the performance of basic nursing interventions.f. An applicant for licensure as a specialty practice registered nurse shall:(1) Submit a completed application and appropriate fee as established by the board.(2) Submit evidence of appropriate education and current certification in a specialty nursing role by a national nursing organization meeting criteria as established by the board. A specialty practice registered nurse applicant must have the educational preparation and national certification within a defined area of nursing practice.(3) Possess or show evidence of application for a current unencumbered registered nurse license.3. For good cause shown, the board may issue a limited license or registration to an applicant.Amended by S.L. 2013, ch. 321 (HB 1091),§ 6, eff. 8/1/2013.