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 › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 21.147 - Fees

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) The following
						application fees are charged by the Board for services to licensees and
						applicants:
Licensure by examination-Board-approved nursing
						  education program graduates.............................. $95
Reexamination
						  ...............................................................................................................................................
						  $75
Licensure by endorsement
						  ...........................................................................................................................
						  $120
Licensure by endorsement with examination
						  .............................................................................................
						  $145
Temporary practice
						  permit............................................................................................................................
						  $70
Extension of temporary practice
						  permit.......................................................................................................
						  $85
Fee for review and challenge of PN
						  exam...................................................................................................
						  $435
Licensure by examination-Graduates of out-of-State
						  nursing education programs................................ $115
Verification of
						  licensure..................................................................................................................................
						  $45
Reactivation of inactive or lapsed license (5 years or
						  longer)...................................................................
						  $130
Restoration after suspension or
						  revocation.................................................................................................
						  $60
Certification of
						  scores....................................................................................................................................
						  $25
Verification of licensure with
						  history.............................................................................................................
						  $50
(b) The following
						renewal fees are charged by the Board to support its operations:
Biennial renewal of license
						  ..........................................................................................................................
						  $76
(c) The following fees
						are charged by the Board for services to nursing education programs:
Application for approval of new nursing education
						  program ...................................................................
						  $2,195
Review of curriculum revisions
						  fee..............................................................................................................
						  $585
Review of annual compliance report
						  fee....................................................................................................
						  $430
New nursing education program survey visit
						  fee.......................................................................................
						  $1,525
(d) The following fee
						is charged for evaluations of curricula and programs requiring Board approval
						under §§
												21.145b(b) and
						21.156a(2)
						(relating to IV therapy curriculum requirements; and continued
						competency).............................................................................................
						$285
(e) In addition to the fees
						prescribed in subsection (a), which are payable directly to the Board, a
						candidate for the practical nurse licensing examination shall also pay a fee to
						the National Council of the State Boards of Nursing (www.ncsbn.org) to cover
						costs associated with the preparation and administration of the practical nurse
						licensing examination.
The provisions of this §
														21.147 issued under section
							 17.6 of the Practical Nurse Law
							 (63
							 P.S. §
															667.6); and 11.2(a) and (d) of
							 The Professional Nursing Law (63 P.S. §
															11.2(a) and
							 (d)); amended under sections 810(a)(3) and
							 (7) and 812.1 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. §§
															279(a)(3) and (7) and
							 279.3a); sections
							 13.1 and 17.5 of the Practical
							 Nurse Law (63 P.S. §§
															663.1
							 and 667.5); sections 11(b) and
							 11.2 of The Professional Nursing Law (63 P.S. §§
															221(b) and
							 221.2); and section
							 22.1 of the Podiatry Practice Act
							 (63
							 P.S. §
															42.21c).
This section cited in 49 Pa. Code §
														21.149 (relating to temporary
							 practice permits); 49 Pa. Code §
														21.156 (relating to renewal of
							 license); 49 Pa. Code §
														21.156a (relating to continued
							 competency); and 49 Pa. Code §
														21.605 (relating to biennial
							 renewal).