2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 139 - Nursing › 6905 - Requirements for a License as a Registered Professional Nurse.

§ 6905. Requirements for a license as a registered professional nurse.
To  qualify  for  a  license  as  a  registered  professional  nurse, an
applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:
(1) Application: file an application with the department;
(2) Education: have received an education, and a diploma or degree  in
professional nursing, in accordance with the commissioner's regulations,
and  in  order  to  continue  to  maintain  registration as a registered
professional nurse in New York  state,  have  attained  a  baccalaureate
degree  or  higher  in  nursing within ten years of initial licensure in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations. The department,  in  its
discretion, may issue a conditional registration to a licensee who fails
to  complete  the  baccalaureate  degree  but  who  agrees  to  meet the
additional requirement within one year. The fee for such  a  conditional
registration  shall  be the same as, and in addition to, the fee for the
triennial registration. The duration of  such  conditional  registration
shall  be  for  one year and may be extended, with the payment of a fee,
for no more than one additional year, unless the applicant can show good
cause for non-compliance acceptable to the department.  The  department,
in  its  discretion,  may  issue  a temporary educational exemption to a
licensee who is unable to complete the baccalaureate  degree  due  to  a
lack  of  access  to educational programs. Licensees seeking a temporary
educational exemption shall provide evidence of applying on at least two
occasions to a baccalaureate degree program or programs and subsequently
being denied access  to  such  program  or  programs  on  at  least  two
occasions  due  to  there  being a limited number of seats. Such denials
shall also be  corroborated  by  the  higher  education  institution  or
institutions   that  the  licensee  applied  to.  Temporary  educational
exemptions issued pursuant to this subdivision shall be for a single two
year period. Licensees shall only be eligible for either  a  conditional
registration  or  a  temporary educational exemption. The fee for such a
temporary educational exemption shall be the same as,  and  in  addition
to, the fee for the triennial registration. Any licensee who is notified
of  the  denial of a registration for failure to complete the additional
educational requirements and who practices as a registered  professional
nurse   without   such  registration  may  be  subject  to  disciplinary
proceedings pursuant to section sixty-five hundred ten of this title;
(3) Experience: meet no requirement as to experience;
(4) Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and  in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
(5) Age: be at least eighteen years of age;
(6) Citizenship: meet no requirement as to United States citizenship;
(7)  Character:  be  of  good  moral  character  as  determined by the
department; and
(8) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars to  the  department
for  admission  to a department conducted examination and for an initial
license, a fee of forty-five dollars for each reexamination,  a  fee  of
seventy  dollars  for  an  initial  license  for  persons  not requiring
admission to a department conducted examination,  and  a  fee  of  fifty
dollars for each triennial registration period.