§ 6906. Requirements for a license as a licensed practical nurse.

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§ 6906. Requirements for a license as a licensed practical nurse. To

qualify for a license as a licensed practical nurse, an applicant shall

fulfill these requirements:

(1)Application: file an application with the department;

(2)Education: have received an education including completion of high

school or its equivalent, and have completed a program in practical

nursing, in accordance with the commissioner's regulations, or

completion of equivalent study satisfactory to the department in a

program conducted by the armed forces of the United States or in an

approved program in professional nursing;

(3)Experience: meet no requirement as to experience;

(4)Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in

accordance with the commissioner's regulations, provided, however, that

the educational requirements set forth in subdivision two of this

section are met prior to admission for the licensing examination;

(5)Age: be at least seventeen years of age;

(6)Citizenship: meet no requirements as to United States citizenship;

(7)Character: be of good moral character as determined by the

department; and

(8)Fees: pay a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars to the department

for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial

license, a fee of forty-five dollars for each reexamination, a fee of

seventy dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring

admission to a department conducted examination, and a fee of fifty

dollars for each triennial registration period.

(9)In conjunction with and as a condition of each triennial

registration, the department shall ask and a licensed practical nurse

shall indicate whether the licensed practical nurse is or has previously

been authorized as an advanced home health aide pursuant to subdivision

two of section sixty-nine hundred eight of this article. The department

shall provide responses to the department of health and the department

of health shall include such information in reports related to advanced

home health aides.

* NB Repealed March 31, 2029