Nonpracticing nurses.

54-02-05-05. Nonpracticing nurses. Any nurse who has not actively practiced nursing in North Dakota for four years or more must meet the following requirements before a license to practice is issued: 1. Complete the reactivation application. 2. Submit the current reactivation fee. 3. Certify on the application one of the following: 1 a. Practice as a licensed registered nurse or licensed practical nurse which meets or exceeds four hundred hours within the preceding four years in another jurisdiction. b. Completion of a refresher course in nursing, in accordance with board guidelines, within the preceding year. c. Successful completion of a clinical nursing course in a board-recognized nursing program to further nursing education. d. Other evidence the licensee wishes to submit which would provide proof of nursing competence. History: Amended effective June 1, 1982; May 1, 1996; February 1, 1998; April 1, 2004; April 1, 2014. General Authority: NDCC 43-12.1-08 Law Implemented: NDCC 43-12.1-08(1)