Idaho Code
Chapter 14 - NURSES
Section 54-1408 - LICENSE FOR REGISTERED NURSING.

54-1408. LICENSE FOR REGISTERED NURSING. (1) Qualifications. To qualify for a license to practice registered nursing, a person must:
(a) Have successfully completed the basic curriculum of an approved registered nursing education program or its equivalent; and
(b) Satisfy one (1) of the following requirements:
(i) Pass an examination adopted and used by the board to measure knowledge and judgment essential for the safe practice of registered nursing; or
(ii) Have a professional or registered nurse license in good standing, without restriction or limitation, issued upon successful similar examination, approved by the board, conducted in another state, territory or foreign country; or
(iii) Have a professional or registered nurse license in good standing, without restriction or limitation, issued by another state, territory or foreign country and meet established board requirements; and
(c) Be of sufficiently sound physical and mental health as will not impair or interfere with the ability to practice nursing.
(2) Fees. A qualified applicant shall be entitled to a license to practice registered nursing upon payment of a license fee to the board in an amount designated by the board not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200).

History:
[(54-1408) 54-1407, added 1977, ch. 132, sec. 2, p. 284; am. & redesig. 1998, ch. 118, sec. 4, p. 441; am. 2002, ch. 80, sec. 2, p. 179; am. 2009, ch. 67, sec. 2, p. 190; am. 2012, ch. 142, sec. 4, p. 375.]

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