1997 Minnesota Statutes

     148.231 Registration; failure to register; 
  reregistration; verification. 

    Subdivision 1.    Registration.  Every person licensed 
 to practice professional or practical nursing must maintain with 
 the board a current registration for practice as a registered 
 nurse or licensed practical nurse which must be renewed at 
 regular intervals established by the board by rule.  No 
 certificate of registration shall be issued by the board to a 
 nurse until the nurse has submitted satisfactory evidence of 
 compliance with the procedures and minimum requirements 
 established by the board. 

    The fee for periodic registration for practice as a nurse 
 shall be determined by the board by rule.  A penalty fee shall 
 be added for any application received after the required date as 
 specified by the board by rule.  Upon receipt of the application 
 and the required fees, the board shall verify the application 
 and the evidence of completion of continuing education 
 requirements in effect, and thereupon issue to the nurse a 
 certificate of registration for the next renewal period. 

    Subd. 2. Repealed, 1981 c 94 s 12 

    Subd. 3.  Repealed, 1976 c 222 s 209 

    Subd. 4.    Failure to register.  Any person licensed 
 under the provisions of sections 148.171 to 148.285 who fails to 
 register within the required period shall not be entitled to 
 practice nursing in this state as a registered nurse or licensed 
 practical nurse. 

    Subd. 5.    Reregistration.  A person whose registration 
 has lapsed desiring to resume practice shall make application 
 for reregistration, submit satisfactory evidence of compliance 
 with the procedures and requirements established by the board, 
 and pay the registration fee for the current period to the 
 board.  A penalty fee shall be required from a person who 
 practiced nursing without current registration.  Thereupon, the 
 registration certificate shall be issued to the person who shall 
 immediately be placed on the practicing list as a registered 
 nurse or licensed practical nurse. 

    Subd. 6.    Verification.  A person licensed under the 
 provisions of sections 148.171 to 148.285 who requests the board 
 to verify a Minnesota license to another state, territory, or 
 country or to an agency, facility, school, or institution shall 
 pay a fee to the board for each verification. 

    HIST: 1945 c 242 s 7; 1947 c 286 s 1; 1955 c 34 s 5; 1961 c 8 
 s 2; 1967 c 68 s 2; 1969 c 53 s 2,3; 1971 c 131 s 1; 1975 c 240 
 s 2; 1975 c 360 s 6,7; 1976 c 149 s 30; 1981 c 94 s 3-6; 1986 c 
 444; 1989 c 194 s 8; 1996 c 318 s 1