Alaska Administrative Code
Title 12 - Professional Regulations
Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing
Chapter 44 - Board of Nursing
Article 3 - Examinations and Licensure
12 AAC 44.310 - Licensure by endorsement for graduates of foreign schools of nursing

Universal Citation: 12 AK Admin Code 44.310

Current through February 24, 2025

(a) Applicants shall submit all required documents accompanied by certified English translations if the original documents are not in English.

(b) Unless otherwise provided by this section, nurses who have received nursing education outside the United States shall write the National Council Licensing Examination.

(c) An applicant who has successfully passed the National Council Licensing Examination in another jurisdiction, is licensed in that jurisdiction, and has met the licensure requirements of AS 08.68 and 12 AAC 44.305 will be licensed by endorsement. If the applicant did not obtain licensure in that jurisdiction, the applicant will be licensed by examination.

(d) The board will, in its discretion, issue a license by endorsement under AS 08.68.200, to an applicant who was licensed in Canada as a result of passing the national Canadian examination

(1) before August 1980, with a score of at least 350 on each of the five parts of the examination; or

(2) after July 1980 but before July 1992, with a score of at least 400.

Authority:AS 08.68.100

AS 08.68.190

AS 08.68.200

AS 08.68.210

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