Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-7 - Examination and Licensure › Section 4723-7-04 - Requirements for licensure for foreign educated nurse graduates

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
[Comment: Information regarding the availability and effective
				date of the materials incorporated by reference in this rule can be found in
				paragraph (G) of rule
				4723-1-03
				of the Administrative Code.]
(A) A
			 foreign educated nurse graduate applying for licensure by examination shall
			 satisfy all of the following:
(1) Provide to
			 the board a full education course-by-course report from the credentialing
			 evaluation service (CES) of the commission of graduates of foreign nursing
			 schools (CGFNS) that includes information sufficient for the board to determine
			 whether the foreign educated nurse graduate's education program has educational
			 content and requirements that are substantially similar to a registered nursing
			 education program set forth in rule
			 4723-5-13
			 of the Administrative Code if the applicant is applying for licensure by
			 examination as a registered nurse, or a practical nursing education program set
			 forth in rule
			 4723-5-14
			 of the Administrative Code if the applicant is applying for licensure by
			 examination as a practical nurse;
(2) Provide to the board evidence of
			 obtaining the minimum passing score on the "Test of English as a Foreign
			 Language" (TOEFL iBtTM). This requirement does not
			 apply to a foreign educated nurse who graduated from a college, university, or
			 professional education program located in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, the
			 United Kingdom, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Barbados, or
			 Canada, except that, with respect to Canada, the exception from the requirement
			 does not apply to Quebec, unless the individual graduated from McGill
			 university, Dawson college in Montreal, Vanier college in St. Laurent, John
			 Abbot college in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, or Heritage college in
			 Gatineau;
(3) As required by
			 section 4723.09 of the Revised Code,
			 submit to a criminal records check completed by the bureau of criminal
			 identification and investigation, the results of which indicate that the
			 individual has not been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or had a judicial
			 finding of guilt for any violation set forth in section
			 4723.092 of the Revised
			 Code;
(4) As required by section
			 4723.09 of the Revised Code, not
			 be required to register under Chapter 2950. of the Revised Code or a
			 substantially similar law of another state, the United States, or another
			 country;
(5) According to rule
			 4723-7-02
			 of the Administrative Code, submit to the board a completed "Nursing Licensure
			 by Examination Application," and the applicable license application fee
			 required by section 4723.08 of the Revised
			 Code;
(6) According to with rule
			 4723-7-02
			 of the Administrative Code, complete the registration process for examination
			 required by the testing service; and
(7) In addition to the requirements of this
			 paragraph, a foreign educated nurse graduate applying for licensure by
			 examination is subject to the provisions of rule
			 4723-7-03
			 of the Administrative Code.