Sec. 16.1. (a) Subject to IC 25-1-2-6(e), a license to practice as a registered nurse expires on October 31 in each odd-numbered year. Failure to renew the license on or before the expiration date will automatically render the license invalid without any action by the board.
(b) Subject to IC 25-1-2-6(e), a license to practice as a licensed practical nurse expires on October 31 in each even-numbered year. Failure to renew the license on or before the expiration date will automatically render the license invalid without any action by the board.
(c) The procedures and fee for renewal shall be set by the board. If the license being renewed is a multistate license (as defined in IC 25-42-1-11) under IC 25-42 (Nurse Licensure Compact), a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) must be paid in addition to the fee for renewal set by the board.
(d) At the time of license renewal, each registered nurse and each licensed practical nurse shall pay a renewal fee, a portion of which shall be for the rehabilitation of impaired registered nurses and impaired licensed practical nurses. The lesser of the following amounts from fees collected under this subsection shall be deposited in the impaired nurses account of the state general fund established by section 34 of this chapter:
(1) Twenty-five percent (25%) of the license renewal fee per license renewed under this section.
(2) The cost per license to operate the impaired nurses program, as determined by the Indiana professional licensing agency.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.222, SEC.168. Amended by P.L.169-1985, SEC.74; P.L.149-1987, SEC.62; P.L.127-1994, SEC.2; P.L.181-2002, SEC.8; P.L.1-2006, SEC.451; P.L.134-2008, SEC.31; P.L.177-2015, SEC.49; P.L.135-2019, SEC.4.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 25. Professions and Occupations
Chapter 1. Licensing of Nurses; Creation of Board; Education Programs
25-23-1-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter
25-23-1-1.1. Additional Definitions
25-23-1-1.2. "Licensed Practical Nurse"
25-23-1-1.3. "Practical Nursing"
25-23-1-1.4. "Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist"
25-23-1-1.5. "Inspect Program"
25-23-1-2. Board Established; Members
25-23-1-4. Qualifications of Members of Board; Oath
25-23-1-5. Meetings; Officers; Quorum
25-23-1-7. Powers and Duties of Board
25-23-1-7.1. Rules and Regulations
25-23-1-10. Compensation of Board Members
25-23-1-10.5. Temporary Permits
25-23-1-11. Requirements for Registered Nurse Applicants; Endorsement License; Fees; Use of Title
25-23-1-12. Requirements for Practical Nurse Applicants; Endorsement License; Fees; Use of Title
25-23-1-13.1. Certified Nurse Midwives
25-23-1-16.1. Expiration of License; Renewal; Fee
25-23-1-17. Receipts; Use and Disposition
25-23-1-18. Failure to Renew License; Reinstatement; Fee
25-23-1-19.5. Advanced Practice Registered Nurses; Authority to Prescribe Drugs
25-23-1-19.6. Advanced Practice Registered Nurses; Identification Numbers
25-23-1-19.7. Renewal of Prescriptive Authority
25-23-1-19.9. Inspect Program Report in Patient's Medical File
25-23-1-20. Application for Nursing Education Program; Employment of Registered Nurses
25-23-1-20.1. Nursing School Enrollment Rates
25-23-1-20.2. Substitution of Simulation Hours
25-23-1-20.3. Clinical Preceptor Qualifications; Rules
25-23-1-20.4. Part-Time Faculty
25-23-1-21. Survey by Board; Approval; Surveys of Accredited Schools
25-23-1-21.5. Education Compliance Officer
25-23-1-26. Duty of Attorney General
25-23-1-27. Violations; Penalty
25-23-1-27.1. Limitations on Application of Chapter; "Licensed Health Professional"
25-23-1-27.2. Injunction From Continuing Violation of Chapter; Punishment
25-23-1-29. Practitioners of Church of Christ Scientist
25-23-1-30. Administration of Anesthesia by Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
25-23-1-33. Professing to Be Nurse Practitioner or Clinical Nurse Specialist; Use of Title
25-23-1-34. Impaired Nurses Account
25-23-1-35. Requirements to Practice as a Forensic Nurse; Continuing Education