Licensure Guide

To help ease the process of finding work as a traveling RN, you have to be licensed by the state where you will be working as a nurse, and you will also need a multistate license.

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Licensing Guide For Travel Nurses In New York

Steps/Process

  1. Complete the initial application for Licensure by Endorsement (either online or mailed in)
    1. All applicants must complete Infection Control training and Child Abuse Identification and Reporting coursework as part of a NYS nursing school curriculum. Certificates of completing are uploaded to additional documents during the initial online application. See the exceptions rules below.
  2. Pay the associated fees
  3. Have the nursing school that made you eligible to take the NCLEX examination to submit the appropriate form on your behalf.
    1. There are different forms depending on when and where you were educated (you can find all the forms online).
  4. Verify all current and past licenses or certificate to practice any profession
    1. If the state participates in Nursys, you must complete the Nursys verification process, pay their fee and designate New York as the receipt of the verification.

If the state does not participate in Nursys, you must contact their state Board directly for further instructions. You will need to send them the Verification of License form to complete and submit to the New York Board of Nursing on your behalf.

Requirements

  1. Verification current active state license
  2. Verification of original state license
  3. Original Transcripts
  4. 2 hours Child Abuse coursework or training-http://www.op.nysed.gov/training/caproviders.htm    
  5. Infection Control Course (every 4 yrs)-http://www.op.nysed.gov/training/icproviders.htm

Timing/Schedule

Permanent License: Approximately 4-6 weeks upon receipt of all required docs.

*During high seasons like summer, timing usually takes 6 weeks. The New York Board of Nursing process everything at once and submitting items separately slows it down

Temporary License Time-Frame: 6-8 weeks

Renewal

Renewal of your license occurs every 4 years

3 required hours of infection control every 4 years; 2 required contact hours of child abuse (one-time requirement for initial license)

Fees

Permanent License
$143.00
Temporary License
$35.00

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