Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-7 - Examination and Licensure › Section 4723-7-09 - License renewal for licensed practical nurses and registered nurses

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)
			 Licenses shall be renewed as required by section
			 4723.24 of the Revised Code. The
			 board may request that licensees provide nursing practice, education, and
			 demographic information relevant to the public interest as part of the renewal
			 process. Data provided by licensees shall be used only in aggregate form for
			 the purposes of research and public information. The entire licensure renewal
			 application, including requested data, shall be completed to satisfy the
			 requirements of the renewal procedure.
(B) The board shall provide access to an
			 on-line "LPN Renewal Application," and "RN Renewal Application," for renewal to
			 every holder of a current, valid license, except when the board is aware that
			 the individual may be ineligible for license renewal for any reason, including
			 those reasons set forth in section
			 4723.24 of the Revised Code or
			 section 4723.092 of the Revised Code.
(C) If a completed renewal
			 application is not submitted on-line by September fifteenth of odd numbered
			 years for registered nurses, or September fifteenth of even numbered years for
			 licensed practical nurses, in order to renew the applicant shall pay a late
			 processing fee of fifty dollars according to division (A)(10) of section
			 4723.08 of the Revised Code. The
			 late processing fee is in addition to the renewal fee required by division
			 (A)(7) of
			 section 4723.08 of the Revised Code.
			 Failure to pay the late processing fee and license renewal fee prior to
			 November first of the applicable renewal year will cause the license to lapse,
			 according to division (A) of section
			 4723.24 of the Revised
			 Code.
(D) A licensee, with a
			 current, valid license, who does not intend to practice nursing in Ohio may
			 request the license be placed on inactive status at any time by submitting to
			 the board a written statement or electronic request asking that the license be
			 placed on inactive status.
(E) A
			 registered nurse who does not renew a license to practice nursing on or before
			 October thirty-first of odd numbered years and who has not requested inactive
			 status according to paragraph (D) of this rule, shall have a lapsed
			 license.
(F) A licensed practical
			 nurse who does not renew a license to practice nursing on or before October
			 thirty-first of even numbered years and who has not requested inactive status
			 according to paragraph (D) of this rule, shall have a lapsed license.
(G) A licensee who continues to practice
			 nursing in Ohio with an inactive or lapsed license shall be subject to
			 disciplinary action under section
			 4723.28 of the Revised
			 Code.
(H) To reactivate an inactive
			 license or reinstate a lapsed license, the licensee must submit:
(1) A completed "LPN Reactivation and
			 Reinstatement Application", for licensed practical nurses, or "RN Reactivation
			 and Reinstatement Application," for registered nurses, including all required
			 documentation;
(2) Verification of
			 completion of continuing education in accordance with Chapter 4723-14 of the
			 Administrative Code;
(3) Payment of
			 the applicable fees required by section
			 4723.08 of the Revised Code;
			 and
(4) If the license has been
			 inactive for at least five years from the date of the application for
			 reactivation or has been lapsed for at least five years from the date of the
			 application for reinstatement, submit a request to the bureau of criminal
			 identification and investigation for a criminal records check and check of
			 federal bureau of investigation records according to section
			 4723.091 of the Revised
			 Code.