Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-19-301 - Licensure by Examination
A. An
applicant for licensure by examination shall:
1. Submit a verified application to the Board
on a form furnished by the Board that provides the following information about
the applicant:
a. Full legal name and all
former names used by the applicant;
b. Address of Record, including declared
primary state of residence, e-mail address, and telephone number;
c. Place and date of birth;
d. Ethnic category and marital status, at the
applicant's discretion;
e. Social
Security number for an applicant who lives or works in the United
States;
f. Post-secondary
education, including the names and locations of all schools attended,
graduation dates, and degrees received, if applicable;
g. Current employer or practice setting,
including address, position, and dates of service, if employed or practicing in
nursing or health care;
h.
Information regarding the applicant's compliance with the practice or education
requirements in
R4-19-312;
i. Any state, territory, or country in which
the applicant holds or has held a registered or practical nursing license and
the license number and status of the license, including original state of
licensure, if applicable;
j. The
date the applicant previously filed an application for licensure in Arizona, if
applicable;
k. Responses to
questions regarding the applicant's background on the following subjects:
i. Current investigation or pending
disciplinary action by a nursing regulatory agency in the United States or its
territories;
ii. Action taken on a
nursing license by any other state;
iii. Undesignated offenses, felony charges,
convictions and plea agreements, including deferred prosecution;
iv. Misdemeanor charges, convictions and plea
agreements, including deferred prosecution, that are required to be reported
under A.R.S. §
32-3208;
v. Unprofessional conduct as defined in
A.R.S. §
32-1601;
vi. Substance use disorder within the last 5
years;
vii. Current participation
in an alternative to discipline program in any other state;
l. Explanation and supporting
documentation for each affirmative answer to questions regarding the
applicant's background; and.
m.
Certification in nursing including category, specialty, name of certifying
body, date of certification, and expiration date.
2. Submit proof of United States citizenship
or alien status as specified in A.R.S. §
41-1080;
3. Submit a completed fingerprint card on a
form provided by the Board or prints for the purpose of obtaining a criminal
history report under A.R.S. §
32-1606
if the applicant has not submitted a fingerprint card or prints to the Board
within the last two years; and
4.
Pay the applicable fees.
B. If an applicant is a graduate of a
pre-licensure nursing program in the United States that has been assigned a
program code by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing during the
period of the applicant's attendance, the applicant shall submit one of the
following:
1. If the program is an
Arizona-approved program, the transcript required in subsection (B)(2) or a
statement signed by a nursing program administrator or designee verifying that:
a. The applicant graduated from or is
eligible to graduate from a registered nursing program for a registered nurse
applicant; or
b. The applicant
graduated from or is eligible to graduate from a practical nursing program or
graduated from a registered nursing program and completed Board-prescribed role
delineation education for a practical nurse applicant; or
2. If the program is located either in
Arizona or in another state or territory and meets educational standards that
are substantially comparable to Board standards for educational programs under
Article 2 when the applicant completed the program, an official transcript sent
directly from one of the following as:
a.
Evidence of graduation or eligibility for graduation from a diploma registered
nursing program, associate degree registered nursing program, or baccalaureate
or higher degree registered nursing program for a registered nurse
applicant.
b. Evidence of
graduation or eligibility for graduation of a practical nursing program,
associate degree registered nursing program, or baccalaureate or higher degree
registered nursing program for a practical nurse applicant.
C. If an applicant is a
graduate of a pre-licensure international nursing program and lacks items
required in subsection (B), the applicant shall comply with subsection (A),
submit a self report on the status of any international nursing license, and
submit the following:
1. To demonstrate
nursing program equivalency, one of the following:
a. If the applicant graduated from a Canadian
nursing program, evidence of a passing score on the English language version of
either the Canadian Nurses' Association Testing Service, the Canadian
Registered Nurse Examination, NCLEX or an equivalent examination;
b. A Certificate or Visa Screen Certificate
issued by the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS), or a
report from CGFNS that indicates an applicant's program is substantially
comparable to a U.S. program; or
c.
A report from any other credential evaluation service (CES) approved by the
Board.
2. If a graduate
of an international pre-licensure nursing program subsequently obtains a degree
in nursing from an accredited U.S. nursing program, the requirement for a CES
equivalency report may be waived by the Board, however the applicant is not
eligible for a multi-state compact license.
3. If an applicant's pre-licensure nursing
program provided classroom instruction, textbooks, or clinical experiences in a
language other than English, a test of written, oral, and spoken English is
required. Clinical experiences are deemed to have been provided in a language
other than English if the principal or official language of the country or
region where the clinical experience occurred is a language other than English,
according to the United States Department of State.
4. An applicant who is required to
demonstrate English language proficiency shall ensure that one of the following
is submitted to the Board directly from the testing or certifying agency:
a. Evidence of a minimum score of 84 with a
minimum speaking score of 26 on the Internet-based Test of English as a Foreign
Language (TOEFL),
b. Evidence of a
minimum score of 6.5 overall with minimum of 6.0 on each module of the Academic
Exam of the International English Language Test Service (IELTS)
Examination,
c. Evidence of a
minimum score of 55 overall with a minimum score of 50 on each section of the
Pearson Test of English Academic exam.
d. A Visa Screen Certificate from
CGFNS,
e. A CGFNS
Certificate,
f. Evidence of a
similar minimum score on another written and spoken English proficiency exam
determined by the Board to be equivalent to the other exams in this subsection,
or
g. Evidence of employment for a
minimum of 960 hours within the past five years as a nurse in a country or
territory where the principal language is English, according to the United
States Department of State.
D. An applicant for a registered nurse
license shall attain one of the following:
1.
A passing score on the NCLEX-RN;
2.
A score of 1600 on the NCLEX-RN, if the examination was taken before July 1988;
or
3. A score of not less than 350
on each part of the SBTPE for registered nurses.
E. An applicant for a practical nurse license
shall attain:
1. A passing score on the
NCLEX-PN;
2. A score of not less
than 350 on the NCLEX-PN, if the examination was taken before October 1988;
or
3. A score of not less than 350
on the SBTPE for practical nurses.
F. The Board shall grant a license to
practice as a registered or practical nurse to any applicant who meets the
criteria established in statute and this Article. An applicant who is denied a
license by examination may request a hearing by filing a written request with
the Board within 30 days of service of the Board's order denying the license.
Hearings shall be conducted in accordance with A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6,
Article 10.
G. If the Board
receives an application from a graduate of a nursing program and the program's
approval was rescinded under
R4-19-212 at any time
during the applicant's nursing education, the Board shall ensure that the
applicant has completed a basic curriculum that is equivalent to that of a
Board-approved nursing program and may do any of the following:
1. Grant licensure, if the program's approval
was reinstated during the applicant's period of enrollment and the program
provides evidence that the applicant completed a curriculum equivalent to that
of a Board-approved nursing program;
2. By order, require successful completion of
remedial education while enrolled in a Board approved nursing program which may
include clinical experiences, before granting licensure; or
3. Return or deny the application if the
education was not equivalent and no remediation is
possible.
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