RCW 18.79.190
Reciprocity—Foreign programs—Examination.
Upon approval of the application by the commission, the department shall issue a license by endorsement without examination to practice as a registered nurse or as a licensed practical nurse to a person who is licensed as a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse under the laws of another state, territory, or possession of the United States, and who meets all other qualifications for licensing.
An applicant who has graduated from a school or program of nursing outside the United States and is licensed as a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse, or their equivalents, outside the United States must meet all qualifications required by this chapter and pass examinations as determined by the commission.
[ 1994 sp.s. c 9 § 419.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 18 - Businesses and Professions
18.79.030 - Licenses required—Titles.
18.79.040 - "Registered nursing practice" defined—Exceptions.
18.79.050 - "Advanced registered nursing practice" defined—Exceptions.
18.79.060 - "Licensed practical nursing practice" defined—Exceptions.
18.79.070 - Commission established—Membership—Qualifications.
18.79.080 - Commission—Order of removal—Vacancy.
18.79.090 - Commission—Compensation.
18.79.100 - Commission—Officers—Meetings.
18.79.110 - Commission—Duties and powers—Rules—Successor to boards.
18.79.120 - Application of Uniform Disciplinary Act.
18.79.140 - Executive director—Qualifications.
18.79.150 - Schools and programs—Requirements—Approval.
18.79.160 - Applicants—Required documentation—Criteria—Rules.
18.79.170 - Examination—Rules.
18.79.180 - Interim permits—License—Expiration upon failure.
18.79.190 - Reciprocity—Foreign programs—Examination.
18.79.200 - License procedures, requirements, fees.
18.79.210 - License renewal—Procedures, requirements, fees.
18.79.230 - Temporary retirement—Renewal—Fee—Qualification.
18.79.250 - Advanced registered nurse practitioner—Activities allowed.
18.79.256 - Advanced registered nurse practitioner—Scope of practice—Document attestation.
18.79.260 - Registered nurse—Activities allowed—Delegation of tasks.
18.79.270 - Licensed practical nurse—Activities allowed.
18.79.280 - Medication, tests, treatments allowed.
18.79.290 - Catheterization of students—Rules.
18.79.300 - Department—Rules for administration.
18.79.310 - Rules, regulations, decisions of previous boards—Effect.
18.79.340 - Nursing technicians.
18.79.350 - Nursing technicians—Nursing functions.
18.79.360 - Applications for registration as a nursing technician—Fee.
18.79.370 - Nursing technicians—Registration renewal.
18.79.390 - Secretary and commission relationship.
18.79.400 - Pain management rules—Criteria for new rules.
18.79.410 - Commission—Information to legislature.
18.79.420 - Down syndrome—Parent information.
18.79.800 - Opioid drug prescribing rules—Adoption.
18.79.810 - Opioid drugs—Right to refuse.
18.79.900 - Severability—1994 sp.s. c 9.