Sec. 20-94. Licensure without examination. Limited period for licensure without examination for advanced practice registered nurses. Temporary permit.
Sec. 20-94. Licensure without examination. Limited period for licensure without examination for advanced practice registered nurses. Temporary permit. (a)(1)
Any registered nurse who is licensed at the time of application in another state of the
United States, the District of Columbia or a commonwealth or territory subject to the
laws of the United States, which has licensure requirements that are substantially similar
to or higher than those of this state shall be eligible for licensure in this state and entitled
to a license without examination upon payment of a fee of ninety dollars. No license
shall be issued under this section to any applicant against whom professional disciplinary
action is pending or who is the subject of an unresolved complaint. The department shall
inform the board annually of the number of applications it receives for licenses under
this section.
(2) For the period from October 1, 2004, to one year after said date, any advanced
practice registered nurse licensed pursuant to section 20-94a whose license as a registered nurse pursuant to section 20-93 has become void pursuant to section 19a-88, shall
be eligible for licensure and entitled to a license without examination upon receipt of a
completed application form and payment of a fee of ninety dollars.
(b) The Department of Public Health may issue a temporary permit to an applicant
for licensure without examination or to an applicant previously licensed in Connecticut
whose license has become void pursuant to section 19a-88, upon receipt of a completed
application form, accompanied by the fee for licensure without examination, a copy of
a current license from another state of the United States, the District of Columbia or a
commonwealth or territory subject to the laws of the United States, and a notarized
affidavit attesting that said license is valid and belongs to the person requesting notarization. Such temporary permit shall be valid for a period not to exceed one hundred twenty
calendar days and shall not be renewable. No temporary permit shall be issued under
this section to any applicant against whom professional disciplinary action is pending
or who is the subject of an unresolved complaint.
(1949 Rev., S. 4429; 1949, 1955, S. 2218d; 1957, P.A. 200, S. 2; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 27; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 50; P.A.
73-115, S. 3; P.A. 80-484, S. 33, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 24, 71; P.A. 88-207, S. 1; P.A. 89-251, S. 84, 203; P.A. 93-381, S.
9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 04-221, S. 7.)
History: 1959 act increased fee from $20 to $25; 1971 act increased fee to $30; P.A. 73-115 replaced "school of nursing"
with "nursing program"; P.A. 80-484 replaced board of examiners for nursing with department of health services as
licensing authority, replaced references to certification and certificates with references to licensure and licensing, added
prohibition against issuing license to applicant against whom disciplinary action is pending or who is subject of unresolved
complaint and required that board receive notification of number of applications annually; P.A. 81-471 changed basis for
licensure of nurses by endorsement from educational program in other state to level of licensure requirements in other
state; P.A. 88-207 added Subsec. (b) re temporary permits; P.A. 89-251 increased fee from $30 to $90; P.A. 93-381 replaced
department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257
replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of
Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 04-221 amended Subsec. (a) by designating existing provisions as Subdiv. (1),
amending Subdiv. (1) by replacing "licensed nurse registered in another state or territory" with "registered nurse who is
licensed at the time of application in another state of the United States, the District of Columbia or a commonwealth or
territory subject to the laws of the United States", and adding Subdiv. (2) re limited period for licensure without examination
for advanced practice registered nurses, and amended Subsec. (b) by allowing temporary permit for applicant whose license
was not renewed, making conforming change re eligible jurisdictions, deleting provision re licensure requirements of
another state or territory that are similar to or higher than those of this state and adding prohibition re issuance of temporary
permit in cases of pending disciplinary action or unresolved complaint.