N.Y. Education Law Section 6906
Requirements for a license as a licensed practical nurse

To qualify for a license as a licensed practical nurse, an applicant shall fulfill these requirements:

(1)

Application: file an application with the department;

(2)

Education: have received an education including completion of high school or its equivalent, and have completed a program in practical nursing, in accordance with the commissioner’s regulations, or completion of equivalent study satisfactory to the department in a program conducted by the armed forces of the United States or in an approved program in professional nursing;

(3)

Experience: meet no requirement as to experience;

(4)

Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in accordance with the commissioner’s regulations, provided, however, that the educational requirements set forth in subdivision two of this section are met prior to admission for the licensing examination;

(5)

Age: be at least seventeen years of age;

(6)

Citizenship: meet no requirements as to United States citizenship;

(7)

Character: be of good moral character as determined by the department; and

(8)

Fees: pay a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars to the department for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial license, a fee of forty-five dollars for each reexamination, a fee of seventy dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted examination, and a fee of fifty dollars for each triennial registration period. * (9) In conjunction with and as a condition of each triennial registration, the department shall ask and a licensed practical nurse shall indicate whether the licensed practical nurse is or has previously been authorized as an advanced home health aide pursuant to subdivision two of § 6908 (Exempt persons)section sixty-nine hundred eight of this article. The department shall provide responses to the department of health and the department of health shall include such information in reports related to advanced home health aides. * NB Repealed March 31, 2029

Source: Section 6906 — Requirements for a license as a licensed practical nurse, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/6906 (updated Jun. 16, 2023; accessed May 4, 2024).

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