Pennsylvania Code › Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS › Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 21 - STATE BOARD OF NURSING › Subchapter B - PRACTICAL NURSES › LICENSURE › Section 21.155 - Licensure by endorsement

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) A
						practical nurse who has graduated from an approved practical nursing program in
						the United States or Canada and who obtained licensure in another jurisdiction
						of the United States or Canada upon having passed an examination considered by
						the Board to be equivalent to the examination required for licensure in this
						Commonwealth may be granted licensure by endorsement.
(b) An applicant for licensure by endorsement
						shall meet the requirements regarding age, good moral character, preliminary
						education and practical nursing education as outlined in the act.
(c) An applicant for licensure by endorsement
						whose license in the other jurisdiction is not current for 5 years or longer
						shall, prior to receiving a license in this Commonwealth, satisfy the
						requirements of §
												21.156a(a)(1) or
						(2) (relating to continued
						competency).
(d) A practical nurse
						who has graduated from a practical nursing education program in a country or
						territory outside of the United States or Canada deemed equivalent to the
						program of study required in this Commonwealth at the time the program was
						completed and who obtained licensure in that country or territory upon having
						passed an examination considered by the Board to be equivalent to the
						examination required for licensure in this Commonwealth may be granted
						licensure by endorsement without examination. The Board will base educational
						equivalency upon an evaluation administered by a Board-approved foreign
						credentials evaluator.
(e) An
						applicant for licensure by endorsement shall demonstrate proficiency in English
						by submitting proof that the applicant's nursing education program was
						conducted in English or that the applicant has received a passing score on a
						Board-approved English proficiency examination unless the applicant has
						previously met this requirement in satisfaction of §
												21.149(b)(2) 
						(relating to temporary practice permits). The Board will make available a list
						of Board-approved English proficiency examinations on its web site.
(f) An applicant for licensure by endorsement
						shall complete at least 3 hours of approved training in child abuse recognition
						and reporting in accordance with §
												21.508(a)
						(relating to child abuse recognition and reporting-mandatory training
						requirement).
The provisions of this §
														21.155 amended under section 506
							 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. §
															186); sections 8 and 17.6 of the Practical
							 Nurse Law (63 P.S. §§
															658 and
							 667.6); section
							 2.1(k) of The
							 Professional Nursing Law (73 P.S. §
															222.1(k)); and
							 23 Pa.C.S. §
															6383(b)(2).
This section cited in 49 Pa. Code §
														21.149 (relating to temporary
							 practice permits).