Section 12.44.310. Licensure by endorsement for graduates of foreign schools of nursing.

	(a)  Applicants shall submit all required documents accompanied by certified English translations if the original documents are not in English.  
	(b)  Unless otherwise provided by this section, nurses who have received nursing education outside the United States shall write the National Council Licensing Examination.  
	(c)  An applicant who has successfully passed the National Council Licensing Examination in another jurisdiction, is licensed in that jurisdiction, and has met the licensure requirements of AS 08.68  and 12 AAC 44.305 will be licensed by endorsement. If the applicant did not obtain licensure in that jurisdiction, the applicant will be licensed by examination.  
	(d)  The board will, in its discretion, issue a license by endorsement under AS 08.68.200, to an applicant who was licensed in Canada as a result of passing the national Canadian examination  
		(1) before August 1980, with a score of at least 350 on each of the five parts of the examination; or  
		(2) after July 1980 but before July 1992, with a score of at least 400.  

Authorities

08.68.100;08.68.190;08.68.200;08.68.210

Notes

Authority

AS 08.68.100 AS 08.68.190 AS 08.68.200 AS 08.68.210

History

Eff. 10/14/72, Register 43; am 4/27/83, Register 86; am 8/9/92, Register 123; am 11/12/93, Register 128; 5/29/2005, Register 174; am 3/4/2007, Register 181; am 5/7/2010, Register 194