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 A - REGISTERED NURSES › LICENSES › Section 21.28 - Licensure by endorsement

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) A
						registered nurse who has graduated from an approved professional nursing
						education program in the United States or Canada and who obtained licensure in
						another jurisdiction 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 as stated in the act.
(c) A registered nurse who has graduated from
						a professional 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.
(d) 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 §
												21.30a(a)(1) or
						(2) (relating to continued
						competency).
(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 received a passing score on a Board-approved English
						proficiency examination unless the applicant has met this requirement in
						satisfaction of §
												21.7(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 §
														21.28 amended under 2.1(k) of The
							 Professional Nursing Law (63 P.S. §
															212.1(k)); section
							 17.6 of the Practical Nurse Law
							 (63
							 P.S. §
															667.6); and
							 23 Pa.C.S. §
															6383(b)(2).
This section cited in 49 Pa. Code §
														21.7 (relating to temporary
							 practice permits); 49 Pa. Code §
														21.118 (relating to post-basic
							 nursing programs); and 49 Pa. Code §
														21.134 (relating to continuing
							 education sources).