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1. Create an account and submit an application for Licensure by Endorsement online through PALS
2. Pay the associated fees
3. Criminal history check
*If you are currently living, working, or completing training/studies in California, Arizona, or Ohio: Due to the laws of these states, the Board is not an eligible recipient of CHRC's or your CHRC will not be issued to you for upload to the Board. Please obtain your Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Identity History Summary Check. (Essentially, you don’t have to do the state-based background check. You only need to do the FBI one).
4. Verification of licensure from each state and jurisdiction where you hold a license or authority to practice.
If you can provide proof of at least one active license you will qualify for a temporary license. You will need to complete the remaining steps before the temporary license expires in order to receive a permanent license.
5. Education verification - you must have the nursing school that qualified you for the original RN license to send an official transcript directly to the Pennsylvania Board of Nursing on your behalf.
6. Child abuse continuing education requirement (if applicable).
7. Provide documentation if you answered “yes” to any of the legal background questions (if applicable).
8. Provide proof of Enligsh proficiency if you graduated from a nursing program that was not conducted in English (if applicable).
Renewal of your license occurs every 2 years
30 required contact hours
You are required to complete 2 hours of approved training on the topic of child abuse recognition and reporting from an approved provider