54-1408 LICENSE FOR PROFESSIONAL NURSING. - Idaho Statutes

TITLE 54

PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

CHAPTER 14

NURSES

54-1408. License for professional nursing. (1) Qualifications. To qualify for a license to practice professional nursing, a person must:

(a) Have successfully completed the basic curriculum of an approved professional nursing education program or its equivalent; and

(b) Satisfy one (1) of the following requirements:

(i) Pass an examination adopted and used by the board to measure knowledge and judgment essential for the safe practice of professional nursing; or

(ii) Have a professional or registered nurse license in good standing, without restriction or limitation, issued upon successful similar examination, approved by the board, conducted in another state, territory or foreign country; or

(iii) Have a professional or registered nurse license in good standing, without restriction or limitation, issued by another state, territory or foreign country and meet established board requirements; and

(c) Be of sufficiently sound physical and mental health as will not impair or interfere with the ability to practice nursing.

(2) Fees. A qualified applicant shall be entitled to a license to practice professional nursing upon payment of a license fee to the board in an amount designated by the board not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200).