Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-7 - Examination and Licensure › Section 4723-7-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
As used in this chapter,
(A) "Authorization to test" means the
			 authorization to take the examination for licensure issued by the testing
			 service to an eligible applicant.
(B) "Current" or "active" license means a
			 license that is not inactive, suspended, lapsed, or revoked.
(C) "Eligible applicant" means an individual
			 who applies for licensure by examination whom the board has determined, based
			 on the requirements contained in section
			 4723.09 of the Revised Code and
			 this chapter, is eligible to take the examination.
(D) "Examination" or "examination for
			 licensure" means the NCLEX-RN or the NCLEX-PN.
(E) "Foreign educated nurse graduate" means
			 an individual who has completed a nursing education program leading to initial
			 licensure as a nurse that is not located within a jurisdiction of the national
			 council of state boards of nursing.
(F) "Inactive" means the status of a license
			 or certificate of an individual who has entered an
			 electronic or
								 written request
			 for the board to place the license or certificate on inactive status
			 . An individual with an inactive license or
			 certificate does not hold a current, valid license or certificate.
(G) "Jurisdiction of the national council of
			 state boards of nursing" means any state, territory, or political subdivision
			 of the United States in which a board or legal approving authority regulates
			 nurse licensure and nursing practice and maintains membership in the national
			 council of state boards of nursing.
(H) "Lapsed" means the status of a license or
			 certificate of an individual who did not meet all the requirements of license
			 or certificate renewal,  who did not
			 request that the board place the license or certificate on inactive status
			 prior to the license expiration date, and whose license
			 or certificate has expired.
(I) "NCLEX-PN" means the national council
			 licensing examination for practical nurses developed and administered by the
			 national council of state boards of nursing.
(J) "NCLEX-RN" means the national council
			 licensing examination for registered nurses developed and administered by the
			 national council of state boards of nursing.
(K) "Practical nursing education program"
			 means a nursing education program that leads to initial licensure as a licensed
			 practical nurse.
(L) "Reactivate"
			 means to change the status of a license or certificate from inactive to
			 active.
(M) "Registered nursing
			 education program" means a professional nursing education program that leads to
			 initial licensure as a registered nurse.
(N) "Reinstate" means to change the status of
			 a license or certificate from lapsed or suspended to reinstated.
(O) "Testing service" means the entity that
			 the national council of state boards of nursing contracts with for the
			 development and administration of the examination.
Effective: 4/1/2017
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 12/19/2016 and
				12/19/2021
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 4723.07
Rule
				Amplifies: 4723.06,
				4723.08,
				4723.09,
				4723.10
Prior
				Effective Dates: 6/1/76, 7/24/82, 4/1/91, 4/1/94, 2/1/96, 4/1/98, 2/1/01,
				2/1/02, 2/1/07, 2/1/12, 2/1/15