West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 10 - Licensed Practical Nurses › Title 10 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES › Series 10-02 - Policies Regulating Licensure of the Licensed Practical Nurses › Section 10-2-7 - Licensure by Endorsement

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
7.1.
				The board shall issue a license by endorsement to any applicant who is duly
				licensed or registered as a practical nurse, or who is entitled to perform
				similar services under the same or a different title in any other state,
				territory or foreign country, if the applicant meets other requirements for
				licensed practical nurses in this state.
7.2. Each applicant for endorsement is
				subject to a criminal history records check. Each applicant shall furnish to
				the agency a full set of fingerprints for purposes of conducting a criminal
				history record check. Records are checked through the criminal identification
				bureau of the West Virginia State Police, a similar agency within the
				applicant's state of residence, and the United States Federal Bureau of
				Investigation. An applicant is exempt from this requirement if a criminal
				history records check was conducted within the 12 months preceding the date of
				application to the board, if the results were unremarkable and are verified by
				a source acceptable to the board other than the applicant. An applicant shall
				report to the board any criminal conviction, nolo contendre plea, Alford plea,
				deferred judgment, or other plea arrangement in lieu of conviction.
7.3. An applicant who has had a substance use
				disorder within the past five years shall submit to a substance use disorder
				evaluation conducted by a board approved practitioner to verify that the
				applicant is capable of safely practicing nursing prior to issuance of a
				license.
7.4. An applicant who has
				had disciplinary action taken or initiated against a professional or
				occupational license, registration or certification shall provide documentation
				to the board from the authority which has taken or initiated such action. The
				board shall evaluate this information to determine the individual's ability to
				practice nursing safely.
7.5. An
				applicant who is currently participating in an alternative to discipline
				program in any other jurisdiction shall disclose this participation at the time
				of application to the board.
7.6.
				An applicant for endorsement shall complete an endorsement application and
				submit the fee required in West Virginia State Board of Examiners for Licensed
				Practical Nurses Rule, Fees for Services Rendered by the board, 10 CSR 4. The
				applicant for endorsement shall have the board of nursing in the state of
				original licensure send verification of original licensure to the board office.
				Upon receipt of the application for endorsement, the fee, and verification of
				current licensure in another state, the board may issue a letter of intent to
				endorse. The applicant for endorsement may use the letter of intent to endorse,
				in conjunction with a current license from another state, for employment as a
				licensed practical nurse in West Virginia for a maximum of six (6) months. The
				board shall not renew the letter of intent to endorse.