Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 244 CMR - BOARD OF REGISTRATION IN NURSING › Title 244 CMR 8.00 - Licensure Requirements › Section 8.03 - Initial Licensure as a Practical Nurse by Examination

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) An applicant for initial licensure as a
			 Practical Nurse by examination shall submit to the Board the following
			 documentation to establish the applicant's eligibility to write the NCLEX-PN:
(a) proof satisfactory to the Board of good
			 moral character as required by M.G.L. c. 112, § 74A and as established by
			 Board policy;
(b) proof
			 satisfactory to the Board of the applicant's graduation from an approved
			 nursing education program for Practical Nurses or 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 Practical
			 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, the
			 applicant's graduate status shall be certified by the Board or its
			 designee;
4. if the applicant was a
			 former student in good standing at an approved nursing education program for
			 Registered Nurses, withdrew from such program in good standing and, as of the
			 applicant's withdrawal date, had completed a program of study, theory, and
			 clinical practice equivalent to that required for graduation from an approved
			 nursing education program for Practical Nurses, the applicant shall arrange for
			 the following items to be sent directly to the Board from the program as proof
			 satisfactory to the Board of completion of such equivalent program:
a. certification by the program administrator
			 or the program administrator's designee of completion of a program of study,
			 theory, and clinical practice equivalent to that required for graduation from
			 an approved nursing education program for Practical Nurses; and
b. an original transcript from the Registered
			 Nurse education program from which the applicant withdrew verifying date of
			 withdrawal;
(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 8.03(1)(a) through (d), proof satisfactory to
			 the Board that the candidate has passed the NCLEX-PN during the NCLEX
			 eligibility period.