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 › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 21.5 - Fees

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) The following
						application fees are charged by the Board for services provided 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 RN 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.................................................................................................................................................
						  $122
(c) The following fees
						are charged by the Board for services provided 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
						fees related to continuing education are charged by the Board:
Approval of each hour of registered nurse continuing
						  education activity by sources not listed in §
													21.134(a)
						  (relating to continuing education sources)....................... $115
Renewal of approval of registered nurse continuing
						  education activity by sources not listed in §
													21.134(a)
						  .................................................................................................
						  $35
(e) The following fee is
						charged for evaluations of programs requiring Board approval under §
												21.30a(a)(2)
						(relating to continued competency)............$285
(f) In addition to the fees prescribed in
						subsection (a), which are payable directly to the Board, a candidate for the
						registered nurse licensing examination shall also pay a fee to the National
						Council of the State Board of Nursing (www.ncsbn.org) to cover costs associated
						with the preparation and administration of the registered nurse licensing
						examination.
The provisions of this §
														21.5 issued under section
							 11.2(a) and (d)
							 of The Professional Nursing Law (63 P.S. §
															221.2(a) and
							 (d)); and section
							 17.6 of the Practical Nurse Law
							 (63
							 P.S. §
															667.6); amended under sections
							 2.1(k), 11(b),
							 11.2 and 12.1 of The Professional Nursing Law (63 P.S. §§
															212.1(k),
							 221(b), 221.2 and 222);
							 sections 13.1 and 17.5 of the Practical Nurse Law (63 P.S. §§
															663.1 and
							 667.5); section
							 22.1 of the Podiatry Practice Act
							 (63
							 P.S. §
															42.21c); and sections 810(a)(3)
							 and (7) and 812.1(a) of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S.
							 §§
															279.1(a)(3) and
							 (7) and
							 279.3a(a)).
This section cited in 49 Pa. Code §
														21.7 (relating to temporary
							 practice permits); 49 Pa. Code §
														21.29 (relating to expiration and
							 renewal of license); 49 Pa. Code §
														21.30a (relating to continued
							 competency); 49 Pa. Code §
														21.134 (relating to continuing
							 education sources); and 49 Pa. Code §
														21.605 (relating to biennial
							 renewal).