Code of Massachusetts Regulations
244 CMR - BOARD OF REGISTRATION IN NURSING
Title 244 CMR 8.00 - Licensure Requirements
Section 8.02 - Initial Licensure as a Registered Nurse by Examination
Universal Citation: 244 MA Code of Regs 244.8
Current through Register 1518, March 29, 2024
(1) An applicant for initial licensure as a Registered Nurse by examination shall submit to the Board the following documentation to establish the applicant's eligibility to write the NCLEX-RN:
(a) proof satisfactory to the Board of good
moral character as required by M.G.L. c. 112, § 74 and as established by
Board policy;
(b) proof
satisfactory to the Board of the applicant's graduation from an approved
nursing education program for Registered Nurses:
1. if such program is located in the United
States, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. Territory, the applicant shall
arrange for the following items to be sent directly to the Board from the
program:
a. certification of graduation by
the program administrator or the program administrator's designee;
and
b. an original transcript from
the Registered Nurse education program from which the applicant graduated
verifying date of graduation and the credential conferred;
2. if such program is not located in the
United States, the District of Columbia, a U.S. Territory, or Canada, the
applicant's graduate status shall be certified by the Board or its designee by
the applicant's receipt of a CGFNS Certificate, a CGFNS credentials review, or
other Board-designated credentials review;
3. if such program is located in Canada and
the applicant is not eligible for licensure by reciprocity under
244
CMR 8.04(3), the applicant's
graduate status shall be certified by the Board or its designee;
(c) proof satisfactory to the
Board that the applicant has achieved a minimum score as specified by the Board
on a Board-designated test of English proficiency where the applicant graduated
from a nursing education program whose language of instruction or textbooks, or
both, was not English;
(d) payment
of all required fees, unless waived in accordance with M.G.L. c. 112, §
1B; and
(e) after meeting the
eligibility criteria in 244 CMR 8.02(1)(a) through (d), proof satisfactory to
the Board that the candidate has passed the NCLEX-RN during the NCLEX
eligibility period.
(2) A candidate who fails the NCLEX-RN may write the NCLEX-RN again as permitted by the Board's NCLEX Retake Policy.
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