Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Bureau of Professional Licensing › Board of Nursing › Board of Nursing - General Rules › Part 2 - LICENSURE › Section R. 338.10210 - Examinations; licensed practical nurse; eligibility; reexaminations

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 210.
(1) To
					 determine eligibility for the NCLEX-PN examination, an applicant shall submit a
					 completed application on forms provided by the department, together with the
					 requisite fee.
(2) To be eligible
					 to take the NCLEX-PN examination, an applicant shall establish that the
					 applicant has successfully completed a licensed practical nurse education
					 program that satisfies 1 of the following:
(a)
					 The applicant has successfully completed a practical nurse education program
					 that is located in this state and is approved by the board.
(b) The applicant has successfully completed
					 a practical nurse education program accredited by CASN.
(c) The applicant has successfully completed
					 a practical nurse education program that is located in another state and that
					 program complies with either of the following:
(i) Is accredited by a nursing education
					 accrediting agency listed in R 338.10303d(2).
(ii) If the program is not accredited by a
					 nursing education accrediting agency listed in R 338.10303(d)(2), the applicant
					 shall provide all the following:
(A) The
					 applicant's official transcripts from the academic institution where the
					 nursing education program was completed.
(B) Provide either of the following:
(1) A letter to the department from the
					 program, on official program letterhead, signed by the director of nursing,
					 attesting that the program curriculum complies with both of the following:
(a) The practical nursing education program
					 is not less than 40 weeks in duration and includes courses in both theory and
					 clinical practice that comply with R 338.10306, R 338.10307, and R
					 338.10309.
(b) The practical
					 nursing education program curriculum contains the core curriculum for licensed
					 practical nurse students, as that term is defined in R 338.10301(k).
(2) If the program is closed, a
					 letter from the state board of nursing where the program was located attesting
					 that the nursing program was in good standing when the applicant completed the
					 program.
(d) The applicant is a graduate of a
					 practical nurse education program or an equivalent education program that is
					 outside the United States and the applicant submits 1 of the following to the
					 department that shows the applicant graduated from a program with substantially
					 equivalent education credentials as a program approved by the board:
(i) A CES professional report from the CGFNS,
					 or its successor agency.
(ii) An
					 Evaluation of Foreign Educational Credentials for Boards of Nursing from
					 JS&A.
(iii) A certification
					 from the NACES, or its successor agency.
(e) The applicant has completed a registered
					 nurse education program and requests to sit for the NCLEX-PN examination. The
					 applicant shall comply with both of the following:
(i) The applicant has completed a registered
					 nurse education program that meets the requirements of R
					 338.10204(2).
(ii) The applicant is
					 certified to take the NCLEX-PN examination by a practical nurse program from
					 the same institution as the registered nurse education program that has been
					 approved by the board under subdivision (a) of this subrule.