New York Laws
Article 139 - Nursing
6906 - Requirements for a License as a Licensed Practical Nurse.

(1) Application: file an application with the department;
(2) Education: have received an education including completion of high
school or its equivalent, and have completed a program in practical
nursing, in accordance with the commissioner's regulations, or
completion of equivalent study satisfactory to the department in a
program conducted by the armed forces of the United States or in an
approved program in professional nursing;
(3) Experience: meet no requirement as to experience;
(4) Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations, provided, however, that
the educational requirements set forth in subdivision two of this
section are met prior to admission for the licensing examination;
(5) Age: be at least seventeen years of age;
(6) Citizenship: meet no requirements as to United States citizenship;
(7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the
department; and
(8) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars to the department
for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial
license, a fee of forty-five dollars for each reexamination, a fee of
seventy dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring
admission to a department conducted examination, and a fee of fifty
dollars for each triennial registration period.
* (9) In conjunction with and as a condition of each triennial
registration, the department shall ask and a licensed practical nurse
shall indicate whether the licensed practical nurse is or has previously
been authorized as an advanced home health aide pursuant to subdivision
two of section sixty-nine hundred eight of this article. The department
shall provide responses to the department of health and the department
of health shall include such information in reports related to advanced
home health aides.
* NB Repealed March 31, 2029