A. The Board may issue a license by endorsement to an applicant to practice professional nursing if the applicant has been licensed as a professional or registered nurse under the laws of another state, the District of Columbia, or a United States possession or territory, and, in the opinion of the Board, the applicant meets the qualifications required of registered nurses in this Commonwealth.
B. The Board shall also endorse for licensure nurses who hold an unrestricted license in Canada and whose training was obtained in a nursing school in Canada where English was the primary language and who have passed the Canadian Registered Nurses Examination (CRNE).
Code 1950, § 54-350; 1970, c. 116; 1982, c. 598, § 54-367.14; 1988, c. 765; 2002, c. 713.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations
§ 54.1-3002. Board of Nursing; membership; terms; meetings; quorum; administrative officer
§ 54.1-3003. Qualifications of members
§ 54.1-3005. Specific powers and duties of Board
§ 54.1-3005.1. Criminal history background checks
§ 54.1-3006. Advisory committees
§ 54.1-3006.1. Public school nursing education programs
§ 54.1-3006.2. Nurse aide education program
§ 54.1-3007. Refusal, revocation or suspension, censure or probation
§ 54.1-3008. Particular violations; prosecution
§ 54.1-3011. Renewal of licenses; lapsed licenses; reinstatement; penalties
§ 54.1-3011.01. Restricted volunteer license for registered or practical nurses
§ 54.1-3011.1. Additional fee required for licensure of certain practitioners
§ 54.1-3011.2. Nursing Scholarship and Loan Repayment Fund
§ 54.1-3012. Additional power of the Board
§ 54.1-3012.1. Nursing workforce information
§ 54.1-3013. Approval of nursing education program
§ 54.1-3013.1. Nursing education programs to include child abuse recognition and intervention
§ 54.1-3015. Continuance of license of certified tuberculosis nurse
§ 54.1-3016. Use of title "registered nurse" or "R.N."
§ 54.1-3016.1. Correctional health assistants
§ 54.1-3017.1. Registered nurse provisional license
§ 54.1-3018. Registered nurse's license by endorsement
§ 54.1-3018.2. (Effective July 1, 2023) Pediatric sexual assault survivor services; requirements
§ 54.1-3019. Use of title "licensed practical nurse" or "L.P.N."
§ 54.1-3020. Qualifications of applicant for practical nurse's license
§ 54.1-3021. Practical nurse's license by endorsement
§ 54.1-3022. Use of the title "Certified Nurse Aide" or "C.N.A."
§ 54.1-3023. Application for certification by competency evaluation
§ 54.1-3024. Application for certification by endorsement
§ 54.1-3025. Certification by competency evaluation
§ 54.1-3025.1. Advanced certification; renewal
§ 54.1-3026. Renewal of certification
§ 54.1-3028. Registration of nurse aides prior to October 1, 1989
§ 54.1-3028.1. Nurse aide education programs
§ 54.1-3029. Qualifications for a licensed massage therapist
§ 54.1-3029.1. Advisory Board on Massage Therapy
§ 54.1-3040.1. Findings and declaration of purpose
§ 54.1-3040.3. General provisions and jurisdiction
§ 54.1-3040.4. Applications for licensure in a party state
§ 54.1-3040.5. Additional authorities invested in party state licensing boards
§ 54.1-3040.6. Coordinated licensure information system and exchange of information
§ 54.1-3040.7. Establishment of the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators
§ 54.1-3040.9. Oversight, dispute resolution, and enforcement
§ 54.1-3040.10. Effective date, withdrawal, and amendment
§ 54.1-3040.11. Construction and severability
§ 54.1-3041. Registration required
§ 54.1-3042. Application for registration by competency evaluation