For LPN licensure:
- Requirements
- An applicant for licensure by examination:
- shall be of good moral character
- shall be a permanent resident or citizen of the United States
- must have successfully completed the course in an accredited school for the training of practical nurses
- must meet the requirements for qualification (see below for additional requirements)
- may be permitted to write the examination up to four times within a period of two years from the date of being made eligible, but no later than three years from the completion of the practical nursing program
- shall re-enter and successfully complete the entire practical nursing program without advance credits if the fourth writing is unsuccessful or more than three years has elapsed from completion of the practical nursing program before being allowed to take the practical nursing examination again
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