New Jersey § 45:11-27

§ 45:11-27.

a. Qualifications of applicants. An applicant for a license to practice practical nursing shall submit to the board

evidence in such form as the board may prescribe that the applicant (1) has attained

his or her eighteenth birthday; (2) is of good moral character, is not an habitual

user of drugs and has never been convicted or has not pleaded nolo contendere, non

vult contendere or non vult to an indictment, information or complaint alleging a

violation of any federal or State law relating to narcotic drugs; (3) has completed

2 years of high school or the equivalent thereof, as determined by the New Jersey

State Department of Education; (4) (a) has completed a course of study in a school of practical nursing approved by the

board and holds a diploma therefrom, (b) holds a diploma from a school of practical nursing operated by a board of education

in this State and is certified by the Department of Education as having completed

the number of hours of instruction in the subjects in the curriculum prescribed by

the board and an approved course of affiliation , (c) has completed the Army Practical Nurse Program (68WM6) or the Air Force Basic

Medical Technician Corpsman Program 4N051 (5 Skill Level), or their equivalents, and

was honorably discharged from military service, or (d) has equivalent qualifications as determined by the board including those determined pursuant to section 1 of P.L. 2013, c. 49 ( C.45:1-15.3 ) and section 2 of P.L.2023, c. 18 ( C.45:11-27a ) . b. License. (1) By examination. The applicant shall be required to pass a written examination in such subjects as

the board may determine, which examination may be supplemented by an oral or practical

examination or both. Upon successfully passing such examinations, the applicant shall be licensed by

the board to practice practical nursing. (2) By indorsement without examination. The board shall issue a license to practice practical nursing without examination

to any applicant who has been duly licensed as a practical nurse or a person entitled

to perform similar services under a different title by practical nurse examination

or by original waiver under the laws of another State, territory or possession of

the United States, or the District of Columbia, if in the opinion of the board the

applicant has the qualifications required by this act for licensing of practical nurses

or equivalent qualifications. (3) Waiver. If application therefor is made, upon a form prescribed by the board, on or before

September 1, 1958, the board shall issue without examination a license to practice

practical nursing to an applicant who submits to the board evidence in such form as

the board may prescribe that the applicant has qualifications (1) and (2) provided

in subsection “a” of this section and had within 5 years prior to application at least

2 years of satisfactory experience in practical nursing, at least 1 year of which

shall have been performed in this State except in cases of such nursing performed

in an agency or service of the Federal Government; provided, that except in cases

of such nursing performed in an agency or service of the Federal Government, such

applicant is indorsed under oath by 2 physicians duly licensed to practice medicine

and surgery in New Jersey who have personal knowledge of the applicant's qualifications

and satisfactory performance of practical nursing and by 2 persons who have employed

the applicant. c. Fees. An applicant for license by examination shall pay to the board at the time of application

a fee of $20.00 and at the time of each application for re-examination a fee of $10.00. At the time of application an applicant for license without examination shall pay

to the board a fee of $10.00, and an applicant for license by waiver shall pay to

the board a fee of $10.00. d. Title used by licensee. Any person who holds a license to practice practical nursing under this act shall

during the effective period of such license be entitled to practice practical nursing

and to use the title “Licensed Practical Nurse” and the abbreviation “L.P.N.” The

effective period of a license or a renewal thereof shall commence on the date of issuance

and shall terminate at the end of the calendar year in which it is issued, and shall

not include any period of suspension ordered by the board as hereinafter provided.