Current through April 3, 2024
(1) Application - The required application
form for licensure without examination shall be completed in part by the
applicant, signed by him, and attested to by a notary public.
(a) The name as signed on the application
form shall be the name carried in the records of the Board. (See 1000-01-.03(3)
for name change regulation.)
(b)
Part of the application may be a satisfactory reference from the most recent
employer as to the applicant's health, character, and nursing
competence.
(c) Part of the
application shall be an official certification of the applicant's licensure for
professional nursing practice in another jurisdiction.
(d) Part of this application shall be one (1)
recent photograph signed by the applicant. Date photograph was taken must not
be more than six (6) months from the filing date of the application.
(e) Part of this application shall be the
result of a criminal background check which the applicant has caused to be
submitted to the Board's administrative office directly from the vendor
identified in the Board's licensure application materials.
(f) The required application accompanied by
the statutory fee shall be filed with the Board and a permit or license
received from this Board prior to employment in professional nursing in this
state.
(2)
Qualifications - With the exception of a person licensed during an initial
waiver period in another U.S. jurisdiction, the applicant must be a graduate of
an approved school of professional nursing and licensed by written examination
in the other jurisdiction.
(a) An applicant
shall have had substantially the same course of study as set by the Board of
Tennessee schools of professional nursing at the time the applicant was
accepted for licensure by examination in the other jurisdiction.
(b) An applicant shall have general education
equivalent to that required for Tennessee's certificates for licensure by
examination at the time the candidate was accepted for licensure in the first
jurisdiction.
(c) An applicant who
does not have evidence of satisfactory general or nursing education may be
required to take an additional course of study or to write an examination to
establish education equivalent to Tennessee's requirements at the time the
applicant was accepted for licensure in the first jurisdiction.
(d) Tennessee RN licensure shall not be
required for a registered nurse who is in Tennessee as a student, even though
his educational program here involves nursing practice; however, such a person
may not be employed in professional nursing in Tennessee without a proper
permit or license from the Board.
(e) A person licensed for professional
nursing in another jurisdiction by waiver shall be accepted for Tennessee
licensure only if the waiver was the initial one following passage of the first
registered nurse law for that jurisdiction.
(f) An applicant licensed in another country
may be required to give evidence that he can speak, read, and write English to
a satisfactory degree.
(3) Temporary Permit to Practice Professional
Nursing - The board may issue a temporary permit to a professional or
registered nurse duly licensed according to the laws of another state and who
has made application for permanent licensure in Tennessee, pursuant to
paragraphs (1) and (2) of this rule. A permit issued under the provisions of
this paragraph shall be valid for a single period of six (6) months.
Authority: T.C.A. §§
4-5-202,
4-5-204, 63-7-105, 63-7-106, and
63-7-207.
