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24.159.1418    LICENSURE BY ENDORSEMENT REQUIREMENTS

(1) An applicant for licensure by endorsement in this state shall submit to the board:

(a) a completed application including the following identifiers:

(i) a picture, social security number, birthdate, and documentation of name change;

(ii) the application will be kept on file for one year. If the applicant fails to complete the application requirements for licensure by endorsement within one year, a new application will be required;

(b) evidence of meeting the standards for nursing education in this state at the time of original licensure;

(c) verification of initial licensure by examination with evidence of completion of a board approved program;

(d) verification and documentation of licensure status from all jurisdictions of licensure for preceding two years;

(e) registered nurse applicants shall present evidence of having passed a licensure examination as follows:

(i) a passing score on a state-constructed licensure examination prior to the use of the state board test pool examination in the original state of licensure; or

(ii) 350 on each part of the state board test pool examination for registered nurses; or

(iii) a passing score on a NCLEX-RN examination taken after September 1988; or

(iv) a minimum scaled score of 1600 on a NCLEX-RN examination taken prior to September 1988;

(f) the required fees for licensure by endorsement as specified in ARM 24.159.401; and

(g) if the applicant's education was obtained in a foreign country, the applicant must also meet the conditions of ARM 24.159.1229.

(2) The board may, on a case-by-case basis, issue a license to an applicant for licensure by endorsement whose license is under investigation or in disciplinary action of a board in another jurisdiction or to an applicant who is under investigation for a felony criminal offense.

(3) An applicant for licensure by endorsement in Montana may be granted a temporary permit to practice registered nursing pursuant to the provisions of ARM 24.159.1221.

(4) The board shall issue a license based on satisfactory completion of the requirements.

History: 37-1-131, 37-8-202, MCA; IMP, 37-1-304, MCA; NEW, Eff. 6/4/77; AMD, 1978 MAR p. 392, Eff. 3/25/78; TRANS, from Dept. of Prof. & Occup. Lic. , Ch. 274, L. 1981, Eff. 7/1/81; AMD, 1982 MAR p. 287, Eff. 2/12/82; AMD, 1991 MAR p. 2435, Eff. 12/13/91; AMD, 1996 MAR p. 418, Eff. 2/9/96; AMD, 2000 MAR p. 2683, Eff. 10/6/00; AMD, 2002 MAR p. 3399, Eff. 12/13/02; AMD, 2004 MAR p. 2393, Eff. 10/8/04; AMD, 2005 MAR p. 1687, Eff. 9/9/05; TRANS, from Commerce, & AMD, 2006 MAR p. 2035, Eff. 8/25/06.

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